Novgorod Governorate

The governorate was established in 1727 from Belozersk, Novgorod, Pskov, Tver and Velikiye Luki Provinces of St. Petersburg Governorate. It was abolished by a decree (ukase) of Catherine II on , 1776, which established Novgorod and Tver Viceroyalties instead. Novgorod Viceroyalty included Novgorod and Olonets Oblast, whereas Tver Viceroyalty was made of the former Tver Province. The viceroyalty was never formally abolished, however, after a number of administrative transformations it was divided into what was later to become Olonets Governorate, and into Novgorod Viceroyalty proper. After 1796, Novgorod Viceroyalty was mentioned in official documents only as Novgorod Governorate. This second Novgorod Governorate existed until 1927, when its territory was included into Leningrad Oblast. In terms of the modern political division of Russia, Novgorod Governorate as of 1727 comprised the areas of what is currently Novgorod Oblast and Pskov Oblast, the greater parts of the Republic of Karelia, as well as parts of Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Leningrad, and Tver Oblasts. In 1927, it only comprised a larger part of current Novgorod Oblast and a small part of Tver Oblast. ==Administrative divisions==

in 1917. Novgorod Governorate is shown as the teal area in the top part of the map. In 1727, the description of Novgorod Governorate's borders was not given. Instead, the territory was defined as a set of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities. The cities were • Novgorod Province: Olonets, Porkhov, Novaya Ladoga, Staraya Ladoga, Staraya Russa, and Tikhvin; • Pskov Province: Pskov, Velye, Izborsk, Gdov, Ostrov, Vybor, Volodimer, Dubkov, Opochka, Krasny, Voronech, Rzheva Pustaya, and Kobylye Gorodishche; • Velikiye Luki Province: Velikiye Luki, Kholm, and Toropets; • Tver Province: Tver, Torzhok, Zubtsov, and Staritsa; • Beloozero Province: Beloozero, Ustyuzhna-Zhelezopolskaya, Charonda, and Kargopol. In 1764, Jacob Sievers was appointed governor of Novgorod. He discovered that most of the towns in the governorate were located along the western border and were in fact former fortresses, whereas large spaces like for instance between Novgorod and Ustyuzhna, had no towns at all. The general policy of Catherine the Great at the time was to diminish the number of towns and to create large uyezds, and in 1764, most of the uyezds were abolished, however, Sievers argued that this policy was not appropriate for Novgorod Governorate, since it was large, sparsely populated, and difficult to administer. He suggested that Vyshny Volochyok, Valday, Borovichi, and Ostashkov would be chartered instead. In 1770, these towns were indeed chartered. Thus, by 1927 the governorate consisted of the following six uyezds: • Novgorodsky Uyezd (with the administrative center located in Novgorod); • Borovichsky Uyezd (Borovichi); • Demyansky Uyezd (Demyansk); • Malovishersky Uyezd (Malaya Vishera); • Starorussky Uyezd (Staraya Russa); • Valdaysky Uyezd (Valday). ==Governors==

The administration of the governorate was performed by a governor. The governors of Novgorod Governorate were • 1727–1729 Yury Yakovlevich Khilkov, governor; • 1729 -? Vasily Ivanovich Gagarin, governor; • ? – ? A. F. Bredikhin, governor; • ? – ? Vasily Vasilyevich Naryshkin, governor; • 1742–1743 Grigory Ivanovich Orlov, governor; • 1743 Pyotr Ivanovich Saltykov, governor; • 1743–1760 Pyotr Borisovich Cherkassky, governor; • 1760–1761 Grigory Semyonovich Meshchersky, governor; • 1761–1764 Stepan Fyodorovich Ushakov, governor; • 1764–1776 Yakov Yefimovich Sivers (Jacob Sievers), governor. • 1798 Dmitry Fyodorovich Glinka, governor; • 1798–1799 Nikifir Mikhaylovich Marin, governor; • 1799–1800 Vladimir Matveyevich Rzhevsky, governor; • 1800–1801 Stepan Fyodorovich Obolyaninov, governor; • 1801–1804 Ivan Mikhaylovich Rikman, governor; • 1805 Yegor Mikhaylovich Ryabinin, governor; • 1805–1810 Roman Vasilyevich Ukhtomsky, governor; • 1809–1812 Duke George of Oldenburg, governor general; • 1810–1812 Aleksey Vasilyevich Vasilchikov, governor; • 1812–1813 Pavel Ivanovich Sumarokov, governor; • 1814–1818 Nikolay Nazaryevich Muravyov, governor; • 1818–1826 Dmitry Sergeyevich Zherebtsov, governor; • 1826 Stroyev, acting governor; • 1826–1834 Avgust Ulyanovich Denfer, governor; • 1834–1838 Pyotr Lavrentyevich Sukovkin, governor; • 1838–1840 Ivan Grigoryevich Senyavin, governor; • 1840–1846 Yelpifidor Antiokhovich Zurov, governor; • 1846–1848 Khristophor Khristophorovich fon der Khoven (Christoph von der Hoven), governor; • 1848–1850 Fyodor Ivanovich Vaskov, governor; • 1851–1853 Fyodor Antonovich Burachkov, governor; • 1853–1855 Trofim Ivanovich Moskvin, governor; • 1855–1857 Ivan Sidorovich Kokushkin, governor; • 1857–1862 Vladimir Ivanovich Filippovich, governor; • 1862–1864 Vladimir Yakovlevich Skaryatin, governor; • 1864–1882 Eduard Vasilyevich Lerkhe (Lerche), governor; • 1882–1894 Alexander Nikolayevich Mosolov, governor; • 1894–1896 Boris Vladimirovich Shtyurmer (Stuermer), governor; • 1896–1907 Otton Lyudvigovich Medem, governor; • 1907–1911 Pyotr Petrovich Bashilov, governor; • 1911–1913 Viktor Alexandrovich Lopukhin, governor; • 1913–1917 Mikhail Vladimirovich Islavin, governor. In 1809, Duke George of Oldenburg was appointed governor general and supervised Novgorod, Tver, and Yaroslavl Governorates. In 1812, he died, and the position of the governor general was abolished. == Note ==