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Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, and the Baltics were previously in the Russian Empire. In 1797 each county (''uezd'') was divided into districts (''volost'') and villages (''derevnya'' or ''selo''; a selo normally had a church). A city (''gorod'') was independent of the county/district hierarchy. This organization remained stable throughout the 19th century, the number of provinces increasing to 50 in European Russian (excluding Finland and Poland). The Soviets used the term ''oblast'' for the highest jurisdictional level and created more of them. Records of modern states may be found in the archive of another state that was an imperial capital. They also instituted the region (''raion'') to replace both the county and district levels.<br> | Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, and the Baltics were previously in the Russian Empire. In 1797 each county (''uezd'') was divided into districts (''volost'') and villages (''derevnya'' or ''selo''; a selo normally had a church). A city (''gorod'') was independent of the county/district hierarchy. This organization remained stable throughout the 19th century, the number of provinces increasing to 50 in European Russian (excluding Finland and Poland). The Soviets used the term ''oblast'' for the highest jurisdictional level and created more of them. Records of modern states may be found in the archive of another state that was an imperial capital. They also instituted the region (''raion'') to replace both the county and district levels.<br> | ||
===''Spiski'' naselennykh Mest Rossiiskoi Imperii (Списки населенных мест Российской Имперіи)=== | ===''Spiski'' naselennykh Mest Rossiiskoi Imperii (Списки населенных мест Российской Имперіи)=== | ||
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