After the
Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal Grand Duchy finally became part of the
Grand Duchy of Moscow in 1425, the administration of the territories began to be carried out on the basis of localism. The territories of the former principality adjacent to Nizhny Novgorod formed the
Nizhny Novgorod Uezd, which bordered on the
Galichsky,
Kurmyshsky,
Muromsky,
Gorokhovetsky,
Suzdalsky,
Yuryevetsky, and later on the
Kozmodemyansky,
Alatyrsky,
Arzamassky and
Balakhninsky Uezds. In the 1610s, volosts were formed. In 1680, the
Duma clerk Larion Ivanov developed a document for
Tsar Feodor III, revising the well-established boyar titles. In the presented list of titles, the governor of Nizhny Novgorod was among the 23 “power” titles, being in 15th place.
Reforms of Peter I In 1708, the Nizhegorodsky Uezd was assigned to the
Kazan Governorate, and in 1714 - to the
Nizhny Novgorod Governorate. In 1720, provinces were officially formed in Russia, including the Nizhny Novgorod province, which included the Nizhegorodsky, Balakhninsky and Yuryevetsky Uezds. According to Peter's plan, the province was to become the highest regional division, like the former county, but this decree did not cancel the division into provinces. This was due to the need for the existence of provinces as military districts. The provincial
voivode was not subordinate to the governor. In 1779, separate Semyonovsky, Makaryevsky, Knyagininsky, Gorbatovsky Uezds were separated from the Nizhegorodsky Uezd, some territories were transferred to Vasilsursky and Balakhna counties, and all of them became part of the Nizhny Novgorod Governorate. ==Demographics==