Moscow Governorate (rus)

Moscow Governorate

Moscow Governorate ranks 1,785th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Khabarovsk, Fullerton, California, and Nitra. Memorable people born in Moscow Governorate include Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Dmitry Pozharsky, and Nikolai Golitsyn. Memorable people who died in Moscow Governorate include Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Viktor Hartmann, and Vasily Tatishchev. Moscow Governorate has been the birth place of many politicians and writers and the death place of many politicians 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 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