Kostroma GovernorateKostroma Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its administrative center was in the city of Kostroma.Administrative divisionKostroma Governorate consisted of 12 uyezds : Buysky Uyezd Varnavinsky Uyezd Vetluzhsky Uyezd Galichsky Uyezd Kineshemsky Uyezd Kologrivsky Uyezd Kostromskoy Uyezd Makaryevsky Uyezd Nerekhtsky Uyezd Soligalichsky Uyezd Chukhlomskoy Uyezd Yuryevetsky Uyezd