Pskov Governorate

The province of Pskov (Russian Псковская губерния / Pskowskaja Gubernija ) was an administrative unit of the Russian Empire. It bordered ( clockwise from north ) to the following provinces: St. Petersburg, Novgorod, Tver, Smolensk, Vitebsk and Livonia.

Compared to today's Pskov oblast it reached further east, but less far to the north.

It had 44,209 km ². Capital was Pskov.

History

The province was created in 1772 as part of the First Partition of Poland in order to manage division areas, which became redundant by some years later, establishing the province of Polotsk and Vitebsk. In 1777 it was re-established as Lieutenancy. It existed until 1927, when it was assigned to the Leningrad Oblast.

In 1900, the government (circles) was divided into eight Ujesdy:

  • Chelm
  • Noworschew
  • Opochka
  • Ostrow
  • Porkhov
  • Pskov
  • Toropetz
  • Welikije Luki

Statistics

In 1897, the province had 1,122,317 inhabitants. Of these, 1,063,007 Russians and 25 458 Estonians, in addition, there were small groups of Jews, Poles, Germans and Latvians.

Main industry was agriculture. The harvest was in 1903: 113 723 tonnes of rye, 132 290 tonnes of oats, 63 326 tonnes of barley, 10,108 tons of peas and 229 967 tonnes of potatoes. Of particular importance was the cultivation of flax, in the Pskov surpasses almost all other provinces. 1903 were harvested 28,000 tons of flax fiber, and the area under cultivation was 110,000 acres. The livestock was less developed. Were counted in 1903: 215,000 horses, 470,000 cattle, 360,000 sheep (only grobwollige ) and 165,000 pigs. The industry was quite insignificant; there were 1900 166 commercial establishments with about 4,000 workers and 31.1 million rubles production value, of which 122 accounted for flax processing establishments. Of greater importance was the trade, which was facilitated by the proximity of the Baltic ports and the relatively numerous railroads. The headquarters of trade were Pskov and Ostrov.

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