Cherepovets Governorate

59°12′N 37°54′E / 59.200°N 37.900°E / 59.200; 37.900

Cherepovets Governorate
Череповецкая губерния
Governorate of Soviet Union
1918–1927

Cherepovets Governorate in 1918
CapitalCherepovets
History 
• Established
June 26 1918
• Disestablished
August 1 1927
Political subdivisionsfive uyezds
Map of Novgorod Governorate. The five uyezds in the northern and northwestern parts, more than a half of the area, split off to form Cherepovets Governorate.

Cherepovets Governorate (Russian: Череповецкая губерния, Cherepovetskaya guberniya) was a governorate (guberniya) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1918 to 1927.[1] Its seat was in the city of Cherepovets. The governorate was located in the North of European Russia, and its territory is currently divided between Vologda, Novgorod, and Leningrad Oblasts.

  1. ^ Справка об изменениях административно-территориального устройства и сети партийных и комсомольских органов на территории Вологодской области (1917–1991) (in Russian). Архивы России. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.