Arkhangelsk Governorate
| Arkhangelsk Governorate Архангельская губерния | |||||||||
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| Governorate of the Russian Empire, Russian Republic, Soviet Russia | |||||||||
| 1796–1929 | |||||||||
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Location in the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Arkhangelsk | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 12 December 1796 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 14 January 1929 | ||||||||
| Political subdivisions | nine uyezds | ||||||||
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Arkhangelsk Governorate (Russian: Архангельская губерния, romanized: Arkhangel'skaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. Its seat was in Arkhangelsk. The governorate was located in the north of the Russian Empire and bordered Tobolsk Governorate in the east, Vologda Governorate in the south, Olonets Governorate in the southwest, Sweden (later Grand Duchy of Finland and later independent Finland) in the west, and Norway in north-west. In the north, the governorate was limited by the White and Barents Seas.
The area of the governorate is currently split between Arkhangelsk and Murmansk Oblasts, the Komi Republic, the Republic of Karelia, and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.