Yaroslavl Governorate

57°37′00″N 39°51′00″E / 57.6167°N 39.8500°E / 57.6167; 39.8500

Yaroslavl Governorate
Ярославская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire
1777–1929
Coat of arms of Yaroslavl Governorate
Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire
CapitalYaroslavl
Area 
• 
35,615 km2 (13,751 sq mi)
Population 
• 
1,166,800
History 
• Established
1777
• Disestablished
1929
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kostroma province
Uglich province
Yaroslavl province
Rybinsk Okrug
Yaroslavl Okrug

Yaroslavl Governorate (Russian: Ярославская губерния, romanizedYaroslavskaya guberniya)[1] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, located in European Russia in the Upper Volga Region. It existed from 1777 to 1929; its seat was in the city of Yaroslavl.[2]