Tula Governorate
Tula Governorate (Russian: Тульская губерния, romanized: Tul'skaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, with its capital in Tula.
| Tula Governorate Тульская губерния | |||||||||
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| Governorate of Russian Empire (1796–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1929) | |||||||||
| 1796–1929 | |||||||||
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Tula Governorate within the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Tula | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 30,960.3 km2 (11,953.8 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1897 | 1,419,456 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1796 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1929 | ||||||||
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The governate existed from 1796 to 1929; its seat was in the city of Tula. It was divided into 12 districts. The main towns were Alexin, Bogoroditsk, Byelev, Chern, Epifan, Efremov, Kashira, Krapivna, Novosil, Odoyev, Tula, and Venev.
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