Stavropol Governorate
Stavropol Governorate (Russian: Ставропольская губерния, romanized: Stavropol'skaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day Stavropol Krai. It was created in 1847 and disbanded in 1924.
| Stavropol Governorate Ставропольская губерния | |||||||||||
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| Governorate of Russian Empire (1847–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1924) | |||||||||||
| 1847–1924 | |||||||||||
Coat of arms
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Location within the Russian Empire | |||||||||||
| Capital | Stavropol | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• | 60,600 km2 (23,400 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
| 873,301 | |||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1847 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1924 | ||||||||||
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Demographics
As of 1897, 873,301 people populated the oblast. Russians constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of Ukrainians. Total Slavic population was 804,153 (92%)
References
- "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г." [The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897]. Demoscope Weekly (in Russian).
- "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей".
Further reading
- William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire: Stavropol", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook – via Open Library
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