A gradonachalstvo ( Russian : градоначальство ) was a special administrative territorial entity of the Russian Empire consisting of a city and its adjacent territory under administration of a gradonachalnik , an official who was subordinated directly to the General Governor and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, instead of a civilian governor.
5-793: The Baku gradonachalstvo was a municipal district ( gradonachalstvo ) based around the city of Baku in the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire . The Baku gradonachalstvo was formed in 1906 on the territory of the Baku uezd of the Baku Governorate following the Armenian–Tatar Massacres , until its disestablishment after the revolution of 1917 . The area of the Baku gradonachalstvo corresponded to
10-579: The Absheron Peninsula , located in easternmost present-day Azerbaijan . The police precincts ( полицеймейстерство , politseymeysterstvos [ ru ] ) of the Baku gradonachalstvo in 1917 were as follows: The prefectures ( участки , uchastki ) of the Balakhano-Subunchi Police Precinct in 1917 were as follow: The rural communities ( сельские общества , selskiye obshchestva ) of
15-618: The Balakhano-Subunchu Police Precinct in 1917 were as follows: According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar , the Baku gradonachalstvo had a population of 405,829 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 235,892 men and 169,937 women, 173,489 of whom were the permanent population, and 232,340 were temporary residents: 40°22′00″N 49°50′07″E / 40.3667°N 49.8352°E / 40.3667; 49.8352 Gradonachalstvo Gradonachalstvo 's were
20-533: The predecessors of cities of regional significance. The establishment of such municipalities started out in the 19th century. The Saint Petersburg and Odessa gradonachalstvo 's were forming special land districts as both of the cities dumas were using rights of a country land ( zemstvo ) assembly and electing deputies to guberniya land assembly. The city of Dalniy was leased from China by the Russian-Chinese Convention of 1898 for 25 years. It
25-632: Was lost to Japan during the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. The Moscow Governorate was established in 1709. In 1727 there was established an additional post of a chief commander that existed until 1797 and supervised the governor of Moscow. Simultaneously the Moscow Governorate was also the Moscow General Government. In 1797 the post of a chief commander was transformed into a military governor (since 1816 -
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