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The region was located between 54° and 73° N latitude and 103° and 171° E longitude. It was bordered to the north by the [[Arctic Ocean]] and to the west by the [[Yeniseysk Governorate]].
 
"In the southwest, Yakutsk Oblast bordered the [[Irkutsk Governorate]]; in the south, the [[Amur Oblast (Russian Empire)|Amur Oblast]]; in the southeast, the [[Primorskaya Oblast]]; and in the east, the [[Kamchatka Oblast (Russian Empire)|Kamchatka Oblast]]. The area of Yakutsk Oblast, according to the calculations of [[:ru:Стрельбицкий,_Иван_Афанасьевич|Ivan Strelbitsky]], was 3,489,689 square versts (about 368 million dessiatinas).
 
In terms of coverage, Yakutsk Oblast accounted for one-third of all Siberia and two-thirds of European Russia; it was the most extensive of all the oblasts and governorates of the Russian Empire. Despite several scientific expeditions, it remained sparsely explored.
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In 1805, the Yakutsk Oblast was separated from the Irkutsk Governorate.
 
"According to the 'Institution for the Administration of the Siberian Provinces,' approved in 1822, the Yakutsk Oblast was divided into five uezds: Verkhoyansk, Vilyuisky, Olekminsky, Srednekolymsky, and Yakutsky."
 
On 31 October 1857, the [[:ru:Удский_округ|Uda District]] was transferred from the Yakutsk Oblast to the Primorskaya Oblast.
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* Due to the ongoing Russian Civil War, there was no data on volosts.
 
 
 
5. Olekminsky district (Olyokminsk city):