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''[[Germans from Russia|Germans from Russia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Historical Geography'''<br> | ''[[Germans from Russia|Germans from Russia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Historical Geography'''<br> | ||
As a result of wars, treaties, and political realignments, the internal and external boundaries of the Russian Empire have changed many times. This page describes the changes that have taken place in the provincial structure and external frontiers of the Russian Empire. This information will help you in finding records in the '' | As a result of wars, treaties, and political realignments, the internal and external boundaries of the Russian Empire have changed many times. This page describes the changes that have taken place in the provincial structure and external frontiers of the Russian Empire. This information will help you in finding records in the ''FamilySearch Catalog'' for the place your ancestors lived. This page will describe the jurisdictions used in the ''FamilySearch Catalog''. | ||
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 '' | The ''FamilySearch 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 ''FamilySearch 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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«??? Also get books with lists of settlements in either Emig, Gazetteers, or this page??? | «??? Also get books with lists of settlements in either Emig, Gazetteers, or this page??? | ||
Other sources about boundary changes are found in the | Other sources about boundary changes are found in the FamilySearch Catalog under: | ||
:RUSSIA - HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY | :RUSSIA - HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY | ||