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The territory of the Russian Empire has varied considerably over the centuries. Beginning in 1802 Russia gradually reformed the structure of the Empire using administrative divisions with called ''guberniias''. Each guberniia had a governor.This reform continued until 1861 when Poland was finally divided into guberniias. During the Soviet era provincial boundaries were changed and called ''oblasts''. An oblast did not have a governor. | The territory of the Russian Empire has varied considerably over the centuries. Beginning in 1802 Russia gradually reformed the structure of the Empire using administrative divisions with called ''guberniias''. Each guberniia had a governor.This reform continued until 1861 when Poland was finally divided into guberniias. During the Soviet era provincial boundaries were changed and called ''oblasts''. An oblast did not have a governor. | ||
The ''Family History Library Catalog'' is based on Russian Empire jurisdictions as they existed before World War I (prior to 1914) regardless of later changes during the era of the Soviet Union. Soviet places that are now outside the Russian Republic are also cataloged under their present location, such as, POLAND, ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, BELARUS, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, GEORGIA, and ARMENIA. The northern part of East Prussia is also listed in the catalog under the old German Empire (1871) jurisdictions, for example, GERMANY, PREUßEN, OSTPREUßEN, KÖNIGSBERG. The ''Family History Library Catalog'' uses the older guberniias for most of the Empire, but places in | The ''Family History Library Catalog'' is based on Russian Empire jurisdictions as they existed before World War I (prior to 1914) regardless of later changes during the era of the Soviet Union. Soviet places that are now outside the Russian Republic are also cataloged under their present location, such as, POLAND, ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, BELARUS, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, GEORGIA, and ARMENIA. The northern part of East Prussia is also listed in the catalog under the old German Empire (1871) jurisdictions, for example, GERMANY, PREUßEN, OSTPREUßEN, KÖNIGSBERG. The ''Family History Library Catalog'' uses the older guberniias for most of the Empire, but places in Ukraine are listed under both their Empire guberniias and their Soviet oblasts. | ||
== Russian Empire Boundaries == | == Russian Empire Boundaries == | ||
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For more about the history of German-speaking settlements in Russia see the “[[Germans from Russia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]” page of this article. | For more about the history of German-speaking settlements in Russia see the “[[Germans from Russia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]” page of this article. | ||
For a Village List of Germans in the Crimea go [http://www.grhs.org/chapters/krim/village_list-mertens.htm here]. | For a Village List of Germans in the Crimea go [http://www.grhs.org/chapters/krim/village_list-mertens.htm here]. | ||
== Historical Atlases == | == Historical Atlases == | ||
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:RUSSIA - HISTORY | :RUSSIA - HISTORY | ||
:RUSSIA, [PROVINCE] - HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY | :RUSSIA, [PROVINCE] - HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
:RUSSIA, [PROVINCE] - HISTORY | :RUSSIA, [PROVINCE] - HISTORY | ||
Important information about German-speaking villages in Russia and eastern Europe is available via computer network Internet sites described in the “[[Germans from Russia Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]” page of this article. | Important information about German-speaking villages in Russia and eastern Europe is available via computer network Internet sites described in the “[[Germans from Russia Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]” page of this article. | ||