The Moscow Governorate^{[lower-alpha 1]} was a province (guberniya) of the Tsardom of Russia, and the Russian Empire. It bordered by Tver Governorate to the north, Vladimir Governorate to the northeast, Ryazan Governorate to the southeast, Tula Governorate to the south, Kaluga Governorate to the southwest, and Smolensk Governorate to the west. Moscow Governorate consisted of an area of 33,272.84 square kilometres (12,846.72 sq mi) and a population of 2,430,581 in 1897. Its capital was in Moscow.

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Moscow Governorate Московская губерния
Governorate
Coat of arms
Location in the Russian Empire
Country	Russian Empire
Established	1708
Abolished	1929
Capital	Moscow
Area
• Total	33,272.84 km2 (12,846.72 sq mi)
Population  (1897)
• Total	2,430,581
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
• Urban	46.67%
• Rural	53.33%

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The counties (uezds) of the Moscow Governorate in 1897 were as follows:

Moscow Governorate, together with seven other governorates, was established on December 29 [O.S. December 18], 1708, by Tsar Peter the Great's edict.^[1] As with the rest of the governorates, initially, neither the borders nor internal subdivisions of Moscow Governorate were defined; instead, the territory was defined as a set of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities.^[2] Later, Moscow Governorate was subdivided into 13 uyezds.

The governorate underwent numerous changes in the following years, and was finally abolished on January 14, 1929 when modern Moscow Oblast was created.