Oryol Governorate
Oryol Governorate (Orlovskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1928. Its seat was in the city of Oryol.
Oryol Governorate

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Oryol Governorate (Orlovskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1928. Its seat was in the city of Oryol.
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• Native Name — Орловская губерния • Conventional Long Name — Oryol Governorate • Common Name — Oryol • Subdivision — Governorate • Nation — the Russian Empire (1778/1796–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1928) • Capital — Oryol • Year Start — 1778/1796 • Year End — 1928 • P1 — Oryol Viceroyalty • S1 — Central Black Earth Oblast • Stat Year2 — 1897 • Stat Area1 — 46,726.2 • Stat Pop2 — 2,033,798
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Oryol Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses): • Bolkhovsky Uyezd (Bolkhov) • Bryansky Uyezd (Bryansk) • Dmitrovsky Uyezd (Dmitrovsk) • Yeletsky Uyezd (Yelets) • Karachevsky Uyezd (Karachev) • Kromskoy Uyezd (Kromy) • Livensky Uyezd (Livny) • Maloarkhangelsky Uyezd (Maloarkhangelsk) • Mtsensky Uyezd (Mtsensk) • Orlovsky Uyezd (Oryol) • Sevsky Uyezd (Sevsk) • Trubchevsky Uyezd (Trubchevsk)
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