guberniya
suomi-englanti sanakirjaguberniya englanniksi
A major administrative subdivision of the Empire; a governorate or province.
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(quote-book) Lewis; Richard H(quote-gloss) Rowland; Clem|Ralph S(quote-gloss) Clem|chapter=Population Growth by Nationality Grouping|title=Nationality and Population Change in Russia and the USSR: An Evaluation of Census Data, 1897-1970|series=Praeger Special Studies in International Politics and Government|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=A. Praeger (publisher)|Praeger Publishers|section=chapter 7 (Population Growth)|page=308|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/nationalitypopul0000lewi/page/308/mode/1up|isbn=0-275-56480-0|passage=In the 1896–1900 period fertility and mortality were still moderately high, although significantly lower than in the Russian gubernii, in Kovno Guberniya, which occupied much of present-day Lithuania.