The Nizhny Novgorod province was established in 1714 during the administrative reform of Peter the Great in the territories included in 1708 in the Kazan province (north-west of this province) with the cities of Alatyr, Arzamas, Balakhna, Vasilsursk, Gorokhovets, Kurmysh, Yurievets, Yadrin and their surrounding lands. However, in 1717 the Nizhny Novgorod province was abolished, and its lands were again included in the Kazan province. In 1719, the Nizhny Novgorod province was restored as part of 3 provinces (Alatyr, Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod) and 7 cities. In 1779, under Catherine II, the Novgorod vicegerency was established, which included the entire territory of the former Nizhny Novgorod province, as well as part of the lands that were previously under the administrative subordination of the provinces of Ryazan, Vladimir, Kazan. (see ending below)

In the Nizhny Novgorod province, in whole or in part
There are the following maps and sources:
(with the exception of those indicated on the main page of general
All-Russian atlases, in which this province can also be)

2-layout survey (1778-1797)
Map-dvuhverstka survey - non-topographic (latitudes and longitudes are not indicated on it), a hand-drawn map of the last decades of the 18th century, very detailed - on a scale of 1 inch 2 versts or in 1 cm 840 m. A separate county was drawn in fragments, on several sheets, shown on a single composite sheet. The purpose of the survey map is to indicate the boundaries of private land plots (so-called dachas) within the county.

1-layout of the Nizhny Novgorod province of Mende, 1850s.
One-way map of Mende - topographic (latitudes and longitudes are indicated on it), drawn map mid-nineteenth in. (after the next changes in the borders of the provinces of Russia in 1802-03), very detailed - on a scale of 1 inch 1 verst or in 1 cm 420 m. The province is divided into squares shown on the composite sheet.

We have at our disposal a full-sized electronic version of the map of the Nizhny Novgorod province Mende 1v with a resolution of 300 dpi.

Lists of populated places in the Nizhny Novgorod province in 1863 (according to information from 1859)

- the status of the settlement (village, village, village - owner or state, i.e. state);
- location of the settlement (in relation to the nearest tract, camp, river or river);

- distance from county town and the camp apartment (the center of the camp) in versts;
- the presence of a church, a chapel, a mill, etc.

Lists of water supply of villages in the Nizhny Novgorod province 1914
The list of populated places is a universal reference publication containing the following information:
- the status of the settlement (village, village, village);
- the location of the settlement (in relation to the nearest tract, camp, at a well, pond, stream, river or river);
- the number of households in the settlement and its population;
- distance from the county town, postal station or railway in versts;
- etc.

Economic notes to the General land surveying of the Nizhny Novgorod province

In the Nizhny Novgorod province, economic notes of all counties are handwritten

Under Pavel the First in 1796, as a result of reorganization, the Nizhny Novgorod vicegerency became known as a province. At the same time, the counties of Knyagininsky, Makaryevsky, Perevozsky, Pochinkovsky were abolished (the last two were not restored later), Sergachsky. In 1797, lands from the abolished at the same time Penza province became part of the Nizhny Novgorod province. The last changes in the administrative boundaries of the Nizhny Novgorod province and its composition took place during the reign of Alexander the First (in September 1801), when the lands that previously belonged to the Penza province (Krasnoslobodskaya district), restored at that time within the former borders, were excluded from the province. As part of the Nizhny Novgorod province itself, the counties of Knyagininsky, Makaryevsky, Sergachsky were simultaneously restored. All subsequent pre-revolutionary period In the history of the Nizhny Novgorod province, its borders and the composition of counties did not change.

Map of the Nizhny Novgorod province in 1850 from the collection of A.I. Mende is one of the most important cartographic sources, comparable in importance to plans general survey late XVIII century. In total, under the leadership of A.I. Mende compiled atlases of 8 provinces of central Russia: Tver, Ryazan, Tambov, Vladimir, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Simbirsk and Penza.

Map scale: 1:42000 (one verst in one inch, or 420 m in 1 cm). In addition to settlements, it shows the terrain in some detail - ravines, lowlands, plains, rivers, lakes. The lowlands are highlighted in blue, the uplands in pale brown. next to the name of each locality the number of yards in it is indicated in red. Numbers of dachas according to the general survey catalog are marked in black. Red and black crosses - stone and wooden churches. The chapels are marked with a red (stone) or yellow (wooden) circle with a cross on top. Thin oblique crosses on vertical lines indicate the location of windmills. A few simple crosses in a common frame are the places of cemeteries. The map shows the road network in detail, although the names of the roads are not given.

The map of Mende is linked to the modern map of the area. To go to the map itself, move the cursor to the center of the picture below and click the left mouse button.

Such is the story...

Nizhny Novgorod province in the course of the regional reform of Peter I in 1708, Nizhny Novgorod was included in the Kazan province. In January 1714, a new Nizhny Novgorod province was separated from the northwestern parts of the Kazan province. In addition to Nizhny Novgorod, the province included the cities of Alatyr, Arzamas, Balakhna, Vasilsursk, Gorokhovets, Kurmysh, Yuryevets, Yadrin with adjacent territories. In 1717, the province was abolished, the territories again returned to the Kazan province.

On May 29, 1719, as a result of the Second Petrine reform, the Nizhny Novgorod province was again recreated. It included 3 provinces: Alatyr, Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod and 7 cities.

In the course of the administrative reform of Catherine II on September 5, 1779, the Nizhny Novgorod governorate was established, which included the old Nizhny Novgorod province, as well as parts of the previously formed Ryazan and Vladimir governorships and part of the Kazan province.

On December 12, 1796, under Paul I, the Nizhny Novgorod governorship was renamed back into a province.

In October 1797, the size of the Nizhny Novgorod province was increased at the expense of the territories received during the division of the Penza province. After the accession to the throne of Alexander I on September 9, 1801, the Penza province was restored to its previous volume.

In connection with the zemstvo reform, since 1865, the institution of local government, the zemstvo, was introduced in the Nizhny Novgorod province.
After October revolution In 1917, the Nizhny Novgorod province became part of the Russian Soviet Federative Republic formed in 1918. Socialist Republic(RSFSR).

In 1922, Varnavinsky and Vetluzhsky counties became part of the province. Kostroma province, Kurmyshsky district of the Simbirsk province and a small part of the Tambov province.

By a decree of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of January 14, 1929, the provinces were completely liquidated. On the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod province, the Nizhny Novgorod region was formed, it also included the territory of the abolished Vyatka province and small areas of the Vladimir and Kostroma provinces.

Nizhny Novgorod province presented:
- Odnoverstka(1 verst in one English inch) - 1 cm = 420 meters, one of the most detailed maps from those available in the province.

Available:

1-layout of the Nizhny Novgorod province of Mende, 1850s.

The one-way map of Mende is a topographic map (latitudes and longitudes are indicated on it), a drawn map of the middle of the 19th century. (after the next changes in the borders of the provinces of Russia in 1802-03), very detailed - on a scale of 1 inch 1 verst or 1 cm - 420 m. The province is divided into squares shown on the composite sheet.