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== '''Provinces''' ==

In addition provinces [guberniias] have been reorganized, changed names and boundaries, and local place-names have changed. You may need to determine previous boundaries and jurisdictions to locate your ancestors' records. German-speaking people tended to give German language names to places they settled even when Russian names for those places already existed. Gazetteers and histories are helpful sources of information about a these changes. The following list describes the location of selected guberniias.  

'''''Arkhangel’sk''''' Far northern province and city on the White Sea. In the St. Petersburg Consistory.  

'''''Astrakhan Vyshek''''' Province and city at the mouth of the Volga River on the Caspian Sea. In the Moscow Consistory.  

'''''Bessarabia''''' [Bessarabien] Province on the Black Sea, southwest of the Dnestr River, now in Moldova. In the St. Petersburg Consistory.  

'''''Chernigov''''' Province on the Dnepr River and city about 110 km northeast of Kiev, now in Ukraine. In the St. Petersburg Consistory.  

'''''Kherson''''' [Cherson] Province on the Black Sea and city at the mouth of the Dnepr River now in Ukraine. In the St. Petersburg Consistory.  

'''''Kiev''''' Province and capitol city of Ukraine on the Dnepr River. In the St. Petersburg Consistory.  

'''''Kostroma''''' Province and city on the Volga River about 300 km northeast of Moscow. In the St. Petersburg Consistory.  

'''''Kronstadt''''' Island city in the Gulf of Finland near St. Petersburg. In the St. Petersburg Consistory.  

'''''Krym''''' Crimean peninsula on the north side of the Black Sea. Southern part of Tavrida province, Ukraine.  

'''''Kuban''''' District on the eastern shore of the Sea of Azov and northeast shore of the Black Sea reaching the northern Caucasus mountains. In the Moscow Consistory.  

'''''Narva''''' City near the border with Estonia about 110 km west of St. Petersburg. In the St. Petersburg Consistory.  

'''''Novgorod''''' Province and city on Lake Ilman and the Volkhov River about 150 km south of St. Petersburg. In the St. Petersburg Consistory.  

'''''Olonets''''' Province and city on Lake Ladoga about 150 km northeast of St. Petersburg. In the St. Petersburg Consistory.  

'''''Podolia''''' Province between the Dnestr and Bug Rivers and city on the Dnestr River about 300 southwest of Kiev, now in Ukraine. In the St. Petersburg Consistory.  

'''''Poltava''''' Province on the Dnepr River and city 300 km southeast of Kiev, now in Ukraine. In the St. Petersburg Consistory.  

'''''Pskov''''' Province and city on Lake Peipus [Chudskoye] about 220 km southwest of St. Petersburg. In the St. Petersburg Consistory.  

'''''Smolensk''''' Province and city on the Dnepr River 350 km west of Moscow. In the St. Petersburg Consistory.  

'''''Sanktpeterburg''''' [Sankt Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Leningrad] Major port, capital city and province on Finnish Gulf of the Baltic Sea.  

'''''Tavrida''''' [Taurida] Province on the north side of the Black Sea include the Crimean Peninsula [Krym] now in Ukraine. In the St. Petersburg Consistory.  

 

 

'''''Yaroslavl''''' [Jaroslavl] Province and city on the Volga River about 250 km northeast of Moscow. In the St. Petersburg Consistory. Now Dnepropetrovsk in Ukraine.  

 

'''''Yekaterinoslav''''' [Jekaterinoslav, Dnepropetrovsk] Province and city on the Dnepr River about 400 km north of the Black Sea. In the St. Petersburg Consistory.