Kostroma Governorate

{{Short description|1796–1929 unit of Russia}}

{{Infobox Former Subdivision

| native_name = Костромская губерния

| conventional_long_name = Kostroma Governorate

| common_name = Kostroma

| subdivision = Governorate

| nation = the Russian Empire

| year_start = 1796

| date_start =

| year_end = 1929

| date_end =

| image_flag =

| image_coat = Coat of Arms of Kostroma gubernia (Russian empire).png

| image_map = Kostroma in Russian Empire (1914).svg

| image_map_caption = Kostroma Governorate within the Russian Empire

| capital = Kostroma

| political_subdiv =

| stat_pop1 =

| stat_area1 =

| stat_year1 =

| p1 = Kostroma Viceroyalty

| s1 = Kostroma Okrug

}}

Kostroma Governorate ({{langx|ru|Костромская губерния|Kostromskaya guberniya}}) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its administrative center was in the city of Kostroma.