Mogilev Governorate

The government Mogilev (Russian Могилёвская губерния / Mogiljowskaja Gubernija ) was an administrative unit of the Russian Empire.

The government was in the European part of the country and included the eastern part of present-day Belarus. It bordered on the following provinces (from north clockwise): Vitebsk, Smolensk, Chernigov and Minsk. It consisted of 48,047 km ², capital was Mahilyow ( Mogilev weißruss. ).

It was formed in 1772 from former Polish territories and was briefly united 1796-1802 with Minsk in the governorship of Belarus. After the October Revolution, there came the beginning of 1919 to the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic and shortly after the Russian SFSR before it was disbanded in July 1919.

Finally, it was divided into eleven Ujesdy (circles):

  • Gorky ( weißruss. Horki )
  • Gomel ( Homel weißruss. )
  • Klimovichi ( weißruss. Klimawitschy )
  • Mogilev
  • Mstislavl ( weißruss. Mszislau )
  • Orsha
  • Rogachev ( weißruss. Rahatschou )
  • Sjenno ( weißruss. Sjanno )
  • Stary - Bychow ( weißruss. Bychau )
  • Chausy ( weißruss. Tschawussy )
  • Cherikov ( weißruss. Tscherykau )

Statistics

The government had 1897 1.686.764 inhabitants in the year. Of these, 1,389,782 White Russians, 203,507 Jews, 58,155 Russians, 17,526 Poles, most of the remaining Ukrainian, German and Latvian.

The agriculture was the end of the 19th century was still by far the most important branch; were built mainly rye, oats, barley, buckwheat, potatoes, wheat less, besides also flax and hemp, and in the southern part sugar beet and tobacco. The harvest was in 1903: 329 861 tonnes of rye, 153.840 tonnes of oats, 50 881 tonnes of barley, 34 748 tonnes and 722 404 tonnes of buckwheat potatoes. The vegetable was well developed and delivered specifically much cumin. The livestock was in 1903: 450,000 horses, 585,000 head of cattle, 600,000 sheep, 553,000 pigs and 46,000 goats. The industry was mainly small industry. Were counted in 1900 over 3000 companies with 10,295 workers, but a production value of only 8.3 million rubles. In the first place were distillery, milling, sawmill. In the domestic industry 70-80,000 persons served, etc. which dealt with the production of linen and hemp fabrics, wood products, garments, footwear. Trade focused on the major road of the Dnieper; the railway was still underdeveloped in 1900.

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