Native Name: | Курская губерния |
Conventional Long Name: | Kursk Governorate |
Subdivision: | Governorate |
Nation: | the Russian Empire (1796-1917), Russian Republic and RSFSR (1917–1928) |
Year Start: | 1796 |
Date Start: | 12 December |
Year End: | 1928 |
Capital: | Kursk |
Stat Pop1: | 3,256,600[1] |
Stat Pop2: | 2,906,360[2] |
Stat Year1: | 1914 |
Stat Year2: | 1926 |
Stat Area1: | 46455 |
Stat Area2: | 43653 |
Image Map Caption: | Location in the Russian Empire |
S1: | Central Black Earth Oblast |
P1: | Kursk Viceroyalty |
Today: | Russia Ukraine |
Kursk Governorate (Russian: Курская губерния|Kurskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1796 to 1928 with its capital in Kursk.
As of 1914, Kursk Governorate included 15 uyezds.