Arkhangelsk Governorate

64°32′N 40°32′E / 64.533°N 40.533°E / 64.533; 40.533

Arkhangelsk Governorate
Архангельская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire, Russian Republic, Soviet Russia
1796–1929
Coat of arms of Arkhangelsk
Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire
CapitalArkhangelsk
History 
• Established
12 December 1796
• Disestablished
14 January 1929
Political subdivisionsnine uyezds
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Vologda Viceroyalty
Northern Krai

Arkhangelsk Governorate (Russian: Архангельская губерния, romanizedArkhangel'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.