The Stavropol Governorate was a Governorate (province) of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day Stavropol Krai. It was created in 1847 out of the territories of Caucasian peoples and disbanded in Russian SFSR in 1924.
| Stavropol Governorate Ставропольская губерния | |||||||||
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| Governorate of Russian Empire (1847–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1924) | |||||||||
| 1847–1924 | |||||||||
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.svg) Location within the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Stavropol | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 60,600 km2 (23,400 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
| 873,301 | |||||||||
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| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1847 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1924 | ||||||||
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DemographicsEdit
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%)
Ethnic groups in 1897[2]Edit
| TOTAL | 873,301 | 100% |
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| Russians | 482,495 | 55,2% |
| Ukrainians | 319,817 | 36,6% |
| Nogais | 19,651 | 2,3% |
| Caucasian Turkmens | 14,896 | 1,7% |
| Kalmyks | 10,814 | 1,2% |
| Germans | 8,601 | 1% |
| Armenians | 5,385 | 0,6% |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "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 readingEdit
- William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire: Stavropol", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook – via Open Library
Coordinates: 45°03′00″N 41°59′00″E / 45.0500°N 41.9833°E
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