Belostok Oblast (Russian: Белостокская область; Polish: Obwód białostocki) was an administrative-territorial unit (oblast) of the Russian Empire with its capital in Belostok (Białystok). The region today is now mostly part of Poland.
| Belostok Oblast | |||||||||
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| Oblast of Russian Empire | |||||||||
| 1807–1842 | |||||||||
 Coat of arms
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 Belostok Oblast in Eastern Europe | |||||||||
| Capital | Belostok | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Coordinates | 53°08′N 23°09′E / 53.133°N 23.150°E | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 9 July 1807 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1842 | ||||||||
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History
editThe oblast was created from former Prussian Białystok Department (until 1795 Białystok in Poland),[1] gained in 1807 by Russia in the Treaties of Tilsit.[2]
The oblast was abolished in 1842 when it was included into Grodno Governorate.[3]
Administrative divisions
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In the 19th century, some of the oblasts were administrative divisions which had a status roughly equal to that of the guberniyas; i.e., they existed independently from the guberniyas, not as their parts as it used to be the case in the 18th century.
In 1808, the Oblast was divided into four uyezds (districts):
- Belostok including the cities of Białystok, Choroszcz, Goniądz, Gródek, Knyszyn, Suraż, Trzcianne and Zabłudów
- Bielsk including the cities of Bielsk Podlaski, Boćki, Brańsk, Kleszczele, Narew and Orla
- Sokółka including the cities of Dąbrowa Białostocka, Janów, Korycin, Kuźnica, Nowy Dwór, Odelsk, Sidra, Sokółka, Suchowola and Wasilków
- Drohiczyn including the cities of Ciechanowiec, Drohiczyn, Mielnik, Niemirów and Siemiatycze
In 1842 the number of districts was reduced to three when Drohiczyn District was merged into Bielsk District.
References
edit- ^ Fon-Vinkler, Pavel Pavlovich (1991). Gerby gorodov, gubernii, oblastei i posadov Rossiiskoi imperii, vnesennye v polnoe sobranie zakonov s 1649 po 1900 god ("Blazons of towns, provinces and oblasts of Russian Empire"). Planeta. p. 222. ISBN 5852504297.
- ^ The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and literature: To which is prefixed, the History of Knowledge ..., Published by Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, Pater-noster-Row., 1808. p. 276. See the footnote
- ^ "Administrative division of Belarus: a historical information" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2006-10-26. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
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