Stavropol Governorate
| 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 | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1847 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1924 | ||||||||
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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.
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%)
Ethnic groups in 1897[2]
| 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% |
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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