Oryol Governorate

Oryol Governorate
Орловская губерния
Governorate of Russian Empire
1797–1928

Coat of arms

Map of Oryol Governorate.
Capital Oryol
History
  Established 1797
  Disestablished 1928

Oryol Governorate (Russian: Орловская губерния, Orlovskaya guberniya) or the Government of Oryol, was an administrative division (a guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the early Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1928. Its seat was in the city of Oryol.

Coordinates: 52°58′00″N 36°05′00″E / 52.9667°N 36.0833°E / 52.9667; 36.0833

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