Northern Dvina Governorate

Northern Dvina Governorate (, Severo-Dvinskaya guberniya) was a governorate (guberniya) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1918 to 1929. Its seat was in the city of Veliky Ustyug. The governorate was located in the North of European Russia, and its territory is currently divided between Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Kostroma, and Kirov Oblasts and the Komi Republic. The name of the governorate originates from the Northern Dvina River. History The governorate was established on July 24, 1918 by the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The territory of the governorate was formed from five uyezds which were previously a part of Vologda Governorate (the uyezd centers are given in parentheses) Nikolsky Uyezd (Nikolsk); Solvychegodsky Uyezd (Solvychegodsk); Ust-Sysolsky Uyezd (Ust-Sysolsk); Velikoustyuzhsky Uyezd (Veliky Ustyug); Yarensky Uyezd (Yarensk). In August 1921, the eastern part of the Governorate was split off and moved to the newly formed Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Oblast. On April 18, 1924, the uyezds were abolished, and the governorate was divided into 18 districts (raions). Cherevkovsky District (Cherevkovo); Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District (Kichmengsky Gorodok); Kotlassky District (Kotlas); Krasnoborsky District (Krasnoborsk); Lalsky District (Lalsk); Lensky District (Yarensk); Nikolsky District (Nikolsk); Nyuksensky District (Nyuksenitsa); Oparinsky District (Oparino); Podosinovsky District (Podosinovets); Roslyatinsky District (Roslyatino); Solvychegodsky District (Solvychegodsk); Ust-Alexeyevsky District (Ust-Alexeyevo); Velikoustyugsky District (Veliky Ustyug); Verkhnetoyemsky District (Verkhnyaya Toyma); Vilegodsky District (Ilyinsko-Podomskoye); Vokhomsky District (Vokhma); Yenangsky District (Nizhny Yenangsk).