Belostok Oblast
| Belostok Oblast | |||||||||
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| Oblast ofRussian Empire | |||||||||
| 1807–1842 | |||||||||
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 Belostok Oblast in Eastern Europe | |||||||||
| Capital | Belostok | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Coordinates | 53°08′N23°09′E/ 53.133°N 23.150°E | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 9 July 1807 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1842 | ||||||||
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Belostok Oblast(Russian:Белостокская область;Polish:Obwód białostocki) was an administrative-territorial unit (oblast) of theRussian Empirewith its capital in Belostok (Białystok).
History
[edit]Theoblastwas created from formerPrussianBiałystok Department(until 1795 Białystok in Poland),[1]gained in 1807 by Russia in theTreaties of Tilsit.[2]
The oblast was abolished in 1842 when it was included intoGrodno Governorate.[3]
Administrative divisions
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In the 19th century, some of the oblasts were administrative divisions which had a status roughly equal to that of theguberniyas;i.e., they existed independently from the guberniyas, not as their parts as it used to be the case in the 18th century.
In 1808, theOblastwas divided into fouruyezds(districts):
- Belostokincluding the cities ofBiałystok,Choroszcz,Goniądz,Gródek,Knyszyn,Suraż,TrzcianneandZabłudów
- Bielskincluding the cities ofBielsk Podlaski,Boćki,Brańsk,Kleszczele,NarewandOrla
- Sokółkaincluding the cities ofDąbrowa Białostocka,Janów,Korycin,Kuźnica,Nowy Dwór,Odelsk,Sidra,Sokółka,SuchowolaandWasilków
- Drohiczynincluding the cities ofCiechanowiec,Drohiczyn,Mielnik,NiemirówandSiemiatycze
In 1842 the number of districts was reduced to three when Drohiczyn District was merged intoBielskDistrict.
References
[edit]- ^Fon-Vinkler, Pavel Pavlovich (1991).Gerby gorodov, gubernii, oblastei i posadov Rossiiskoi imperii, vnesennye v polnoe sobranie zakonov s 1649 po 1900 god ( "Blazons of towns, provinces and oblasts of Russian Empire" ).Planeta. p. 222.ISBN5852504297.
- ^The New annual register,or General repository of history, politics, and literature: To which is prefixed, the History of Knowledge...,Published by Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, Pater-noster-Row., 1808.p. 276.See the footnote
- ^"Administrative division of Belarus: a historical information"(in Russian). Archived fromthe originalon 2006-10-26.Retrieved2009-12-30.
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