The history of the Russian Empire is very interesting. Kostroma province of that time: what do we know about it? What monuments remained after the wars and defeats? The city of Kostroma was a significant settlement for the Russian state. The transformation accelerated the growth of the economy and culture. The architecture of those times still adorns historic cities.
Geography
Kostroma province is located in the European part of the Russian Empire. Its borders: from the west it borders on Yaroslavl; in the south - from Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod. Northern neighbor - Vologda; Eastern - Vyatskaya.
History
Kostroma province was formed in 1719. It was renamed the viceroy alty by 1778. It included 12 counties. The area occupied by the Kostroma province was almost 84 thousand square kilometers. By 1926, the number of counties was reduced to 7. It was liquidated, like the rest of the province, in 1929. Subsequently, it became known as the region.
Administrative divisions
Counties of the Kostroma province that were part of it:
- Buyskiy.
- Vetluzhsky district.
- Galician.
- Varnavinsky.
- Kineshma.
- Kologrivovsky.
- Kostroma.
- Makarievsky.
- Nerekhtsky.
- Soligalichsky is the largest and most developed.
- Chukhlomsky.
- Yurievetsky.
Coat of arms
Initially, it was made in the form of a shield, divided into four equal parts. The first part depicts a silver cross, the second and fourth are made in gold, and on the fourth part there is a crescent moon turned upside down with its horns. This emblem was abolished in 1878 and a new one was adopted, with the image of the imperial crown, the Varangian ship and oak leaves tied with St. Andrew's ribbon.
Counties
Kostroma province included many territorial objects. Of these, 12 were counties. How were they different?
Buysky district was located in the western part. Its area was almost 3 thousand square miles. It was formed thanks to the administrative reform of Catherine II. Consisted of 17 volosts. More than 70 thousand people inhabited it.
Varnavinsky district was formed in 1778. It included 21 volosts. The county town was Varnavin. Based on the data of the 1897 census, the population was over 120 thousand people. Abolished in 1923.
Vetluzhsky district bordered on the Vyatka and Vologda provinces. Its area was more than 15 thousand square kilometers. Consisted of 21 volosts. About 120 thousand people lived on the territory.
Galich county existed from 1727 to 1929. Located in the central part of the province. It had large estates of boyars and nobles. It included 24 volosts with a total population of over 100,000 people.
Kineshma county, whose area was 4433 square miles, was divided into two halves by the Volga River. Consisted of 23 volosts. County town - Kineshma.
Kologrivsky was located in the northern part. There were 27 volosts on its square. The population, which consisted of 99% Russians, was more than 130 thousand people.
Makarevsky district of the Kostroma province was an area of more than 10 thousand square miles. It consisted of 27 volosts and two provincial towns: Kady and Unzha.
Kostroma county as part of the province appeared by 1778. It consisted of 21 volosts and one provincial city of Sudislavl.
Nerekhta county is located in the southwest. Its area was about 3.5 thousand square miles. On its territory there were 37 volosts and one city - Ples.
If you answer the question of which county of the Kostroma province included the most settlements, then Soligalichsky definitely wins. It also differed from the rest by the presence of 69 factories and plants.
Chukhloma county is located in the north of the province. Consisted of 12 volosts. It has been known since the Chukhloma siege.
Yuryevetsky was assigned to the province in 1778. It consisted of 23 volosts and the city of Lukh. Abolished in January 1929.
City of Kostroma
It is located on the banks of the Volga River. Kostroma was founded back in the 7thcentury. The city center still retains part of the architecture of the 18th-19th centuries. It has the official status of a historic city. It is the center of the textile industry.
The woodworking and food industries are developing very actively. Also, Kostroma, in addition to linen products, is known for jewelry, because there are several factories for the production of jewelry made of precious metals on its territory.
If we talk about religion, then the most representative was and remains the Kostroma diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, founded back in 1744.
To plunge into the history of the region, to understand what the Kostroma province was like, it is enough to visit the main cities. The architecture will take visitors back in time.
