guberniya

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From Russian губе́рния (gubérnija).

guberniya (plural guberniyas or gubernii)

1. (historical) A major administrative subdivision of the Russian Empire; a governorate or province.
   • 1946, Frank Lorimer, “Appendix I: Notes on Estimation of the Growth and Distribution of Russian Population, 1724-1897”, in The Population of the Soviet Union: History and Prospects (Economic, Financial and Transit Department), Geneva: League of Nations, →OCLC, page 206:

     Milyukov’s density figure for the southeastern portion of Peter’s realm, referred to in his text as “the Kazan’ and Astrakhan’ gubernii” of that time, appears to be erroneous. It corresponds to the enumerated number of males in these two old gubernii, but the Nizhegorod Guberniya had been formed from parts of these gubernii during Peter’s reign and its area is definitely included in this region by Milyukov.

   • 1976, Robert A[lan] Lewis, Richard H[ugh] Rowland, Ralph S[cott] Clem, “Population Growth by Nationality Grouping”, in Nationality and Population Change in Russia and the USSR: An Evaluation of Census Data, 1897-1970 (Praeger Special Studies in International Politics and Government), New York, N.Y.: Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, chapter 7 (Population Growth), page 308:

     In the 1896–1900 period fertility and mortality were still moderately high, although significantly lower than in the Russian gubernii, in Kovno Guberniya, which occupied much of present-day Lithuania.

   • 1991, Leonid M. Goryushkin, “Migration, settlement and the rural economy of Siberia, 1861–1914”, in Alan Wood, editor, The History of Siberia: From Russian Conquest to Revolution, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 143:

     According to official figures, in 1910 the proportion of new inhabitants acquiring land in Tobolsk and Tomsk gubernii who wished to resettle in other regions was between 5 and 6 per cent, and in Yeniseisk guberniya, 12.6 per cent.

   • 2013, Allison Dolan, the Editors of Family Tree Magazine, “Russia and the Baltic Region”, in The Family Tree Guidebook to Europe: Your Essential Guide to Trace Your Genealogy in Europe, Cincinnati, Oh.: Family Tree Books, →ISBN, page 196:

     Modern Lithuania consists of the Kovno guberniya, and half of Vilno and half of Suwalki (Polish) gubernii.

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