Smolensk Governorate

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administrative division of early Soviet Russia governorate of the Russian Empire

Smolensk Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and early Soviet Russia, centered on the historic city of Smolensk in western Russia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Smolensk Viceroyalty 1
Smolensk land 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of early Soviet Russia ⓘ
governorate of the Russian Empire ⓘ
administrativeCenter Smolensk ⓘ
borderedByState Polish–Lithuanian territories (historically nearby) ⓘ
capital Smolensk ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
dissolvedInTheTerritorialEntity early Soviet administrative reform ⓘ
establishedInTheTerritorialEntity 1708 administrative reform of Peter the Great ⓘ
ethnicMajority Russians ⓘ
followed Smolensk Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Smolensk Viceroyalty
governmentType imperial governorate ⓘ
hasBorderWith Kaluga Oblast ⓘ
surface form: Kaluga Governorate

Mogilev Governorate ⓘ
Moscow Governorate ⓘ
Governorate of Pskov ⓘ
surface form: Pskov Governorate

Tver Governorate ⓘ
Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole frontier region between Russia and Poland-Lithuania ⓘ
historicalEra Russian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Russia

Russian Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Russian Revolution and Civil War era
historicalRegion Smolensk Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Smolensk land
languageUsed Russian ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity European Russia ⓘ
European Russia ⓘ
surface form: Western Russia
locatedInTimeZone Moscow Time ⓘ
locatedOn Dnieper ⓘ
surface form: Dnieper River basin
militarySignificance strategic western border governorate of the Russian Empire ⓘ
namedAfter Smolensk ⓘ
partOf RSFSR ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire guberniyas system ⓘ
Western Krai ⓘ
historical region of Ruthenia ⓘ
religion Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
replacedBy Smolensk Oblast ⓘ
Western Oblast ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Smolensk ⓘ
significantMinority Belarusians ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
subdivisionType uyezd ⓘ
timePeriod Russian Empire ⓘ
early Soviet period ⓘ
usedCurrency Russian ruble (Empire) ⓘ
surface form: Russian ruble

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Smolensk Governorate → followed → Smolensk Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smolensk Viceroyalty
Petrovichi → historicalAffiliation → Smolensk Governorate ⓘ
Smolensk Governorate → historicalRegion → Smolensk Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smolensk land
Isaac Asimov → placeOfBirth → Smolensk Governorate ⓘ