The Taurida Governorate (Russian: Тавріическая губернія, modern spelling Таврическая губерния, Tavricheskaya guberniya; Crimean Tatar: Tavrida guberniyası, Таврида губерниясы) or the Government of Taurida, was a historical governorate of the Russian Empire.It included the Crimean Peninsula and the mainland between the lower Dnieper River ...

Every governorate was administered by an appointed governor, who also headed a board of landrats. The lots' primary purpose was fiscal, and each one was supposed to cover 5,536 homesteads. ... Vyborg Governorate: Viipuri Куопиоская губерния ...

An extended Southwest Finland was made a titular Grand Duchy in 1581, when King Johan III of Sweden, who as a Prince had been the Duke of Finland (1556–1561/63), extended the list of subsidiary titles of the Kings of Sweden considerably. The new title Grand Duke of Finland did not result in any Finnish autonomy, as Finland was an integrated part of the Kingdom of Sweden …

History. The predecessor of the province was Vyborg Governorate, which was established in 1744 from territories ceded by the Swedish Empire to Russia in 1721 (Treaty of Nystad) and in 1743 (Treaty of Åbo).These territories originated as parts of the Viborg and Nyslott County and Kexholm County in 1721, and parts of the Savolax and Kymmenegård County in 1743.

The territory ceded to Russia was added to the Russian gains in the Treaty of Nystad (Finnish: Uusikaupunki) in 1721, under the Governorate of Vyborg. This was later incorporated into the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland in 1812. See also. Battle of Villmanstrand; Anna Margareta Salmelin (1716–1789), a Finnish prisoner of war

The Province was transferred to the newly created Belgorod Governorate in 1727. On March 11 (February 28 old style), 1778 Oryol Vice-Royalty was created from parts of Voronezh and Belgorod Governorates. In 1779, the city was almost entirely rebuilt based on a new plan; and the Oryol River was renamed Orlik (lit: "little eagle").

The governorate was created in place of Novorossiysk Governorate in 1802 and encompassed a huge area of the southern Ukraine. Officially, the new governorate was created as Ekaterinoslav Governorate in 1802 and subdivided into the following uyezds with centres in: . Yekaterinoslavsky Uyezd (Yekaterinoslav) (Екатеринославъ, Катеринослав) 1802–1923

Repino (Russian: Ре́пино) is an area of Saint Petersburg, Russia, and a station of the Saint Petersburg-Vyborg railroad.It was known by its Finnish name Kuokkala until 1948, when it was renamed after its most famous inhabitant, the painter Ilya Repin.It is 30 kilometers (19 mi) northwest of St. Petersburg on the Karelian Isthmus and Gulf of Finland.

The Riga Governorate was established on the conquered territory of Livonia. The territory of the Smolensk Governorate was divided between the Moscow and Riga Governorates. 1714: ... The Constitutional Democratic party (Kadets) issued the Vyborg Manifesto, calling on the Russian people to evade taxes and the draft. All signatories to the ...

Leningrad Oblast (Russian: Ленинградская область, tr. Leningradskaya oblast’, IPA: [lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ], Veps: Leningradan agj, Finnish: Leningradin alue) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).It was established on 1 August 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position.