Moscow Governorate (rus)

Moscow Governorate

Moscow Governorate ranks 1,626th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Springfield, Missouri, Gqeberha, and Roman Italy. Memorable people born in Moscow Governorate include Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Dmitry Pozharsky, and Fyodor Ushakov. Memorable people who died in Moscow Governorate include Vasily Tatishchev, Viktor Hartmann, and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark. Moscow Governorate has been the birth place of many politicians, and military personnels and the death place of many explorers, and painters. Moscow Governorate is located in Russia.

The Moscow Governorate was a province (guberniya) of the Tsardom of Russia, and the Russian Empire. It was bordered by Tver Governorate to the north, Vladimir Governorate to the northeast, Ryazan Governorate to the southeast, Tula Governorate to the south, Kaluga Governorate to the southwest, and Smolensk Governorate to the west. Moscow Governorate consisted of an area of 33,272.84 square kilometres (12,846.72 sq mi) and a population of 2,430,581 in 1897. Its capital was in Moscow. Read more on Wikipedia