Fergana Oblast

Oblast of the Russian Empire (1876–1917)

Oblast in Turkestan, Russian Empire

Fergana Oblast

Ферганская область

Oblast

Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire as of 1914

Country| Russian Empire
Governorate-General| Turkestan
Established| 1876
Abolished| 1917
Capital| Skobelev (modern-day Fergana)
Area

• Total| 160,141 km2 (61,831 sq mi)
Population

(1897)

• Total| 1,572,214
• Density| 9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)

The Fergana Oblast[a] was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day Fergana Valley. It was created in 1876 when the territories of the former Khanate of Kokand were annexed to Russia (except for the oblasts of Syr-Darya Oblast and Semirechye Oblast, which were part of the khanate before Russian conquest between 1853 and 1865). Its administrative center was the city of Skobelev (which is in modern-day Fergana).

The Oblast was disbanded after the Russian Revolution and on April 30, 1918 the region became a part of the Turkestan ASSR.

## Administrative division[edit]

As of 1897, the Fergana Oblast was divided into 5 uyezds:

Uyezd  | Uyezd city (pop.)  | Area,
versta2 | Population[1]

|
|
|

Margelan  | Novy Margelan (8,928)  | 14069.1  | 321,860
Andizhan  | Andizhan (47,627)  | 13333.2  | 360,267
Kokand  | Kokand (81,354)  | 13212.6  | 364,658
Namangan  | Namangan (62,017)  | 15273.4  | 363,789
Osh  | Osh (34,157)  | 65252.7  | 161,640

## Demographics[edit]

As of 1897, 1,572,214 people populated the oblast. Turkified Sarts (a name used for Tajiks) constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities included Kyrgyz and Tajiks. The total Turkic-speaking population numbered 1,439,989 (91.6% of the total population of the oblast).

### Ethnic groups in 1897[2][edit]

TOTAL  | 1,572,214  | 100%

|
|

Sarts | 788,989  | 50,2%
Unspecified Turkic dialects  | 261,234  | 16,6%
Kyrgyz | 201,579  | 12,8%
Uzbeks | 153,780  | 9,8%
Tajiks | 114,081  | 7,3%
Uyghurs | 14,915  | 0,9%
Karakalpaks | 11,056  | 0,7%
Russians | 8,140  | 0,5%
Kipchak | 7,584  | 0,5%
Jews | 1,378  | ...

## Notes[edit]

1. ^

* Russian: Ферга́нская о́бласть, romanized: Fergánskaya óblastʼ
* Uzbek: Fargʻona viloyati

## References[edit]

1. ^ demoscope.ru 1897 census results.
2. ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей".

* v
* t
* e

Subdivisions of the Russian Empire

Governorates
(List)|

* Azov¹
* *Altai²
* Arkhangelsk
* Archangelgorod
* Astrakhan
* Belgorod
* Bessarabia
* Bratslav
* Belarusian
* Caucasus
* Chernigov
* Grodno
* Finland
* Iziaslav
* Ingermanland
* Irkutsk
* Kazan
* Kaluga
* Kiev (1708)
* Kiev
* Kharkov
* Kherson
* Kholm
* Kovno
* Kolyvan
* Kostroma
* Kursk
* Lithuania
* Little Russia (1764)
* Little Russia (1796)
* Minsk
* Mogilev
* Moscow
* Nikolayev
* Nizhny Novgorod
* Novhorod-Siverskyi
* Novgorod
* Novorossiysk
* Olonets
* Orenburg
* Oryol
* Penza
* Perm
* *Petrograd²
* Podolia
* Polotsk
* Poltava
* Pskov
* Ryazan
* Samara
* Saint Petersburg
* Saratov
* Siberia
* Simbirsk
* Sloboda Ukraine
* Slonim
* Smolensk
* Stavropol
* Taurida
* Tambov
* Tver
* Tobolsk
* Tomsk
* Tula
* Ufa
* Vilna
* Vitebsk
* Vladimir
* Voznesensk
* Vologda
* Volhynian
* Voronezh
* Vyatka
* Vyborg
* Yaroslavl
* Yekaterinoslav
* Yeniseysk

Oblasts|

* Amur
* Belostok
* Bessarabia
* Don Host
* Transbaikal
* Kamchatka
* Caspian
* Kwantung
* Orenburg Kirgiz
* Omsk
* Primorskaya
* Sakhalin
* Taurida
* Tarnopol
* Turgay
* Ural
* Yakut

Oblasts of Stepnoy Krai|

* Akmolinsk
* Siberia Kirgiz
* Semipalatinsk

Oblasts of Turkestan Krai|

* Transcaspian
* Samarkand
* Semirechye Oblast
* Syr-Darya Oblast
* Turkestan
* Fergana

Caucasus Viceroyalty|

* Baku (Governorate)
* Black Sea
* Derbent
* Elizavetpol
* Erivan
* Georgia-Imeretia
* Georgia
* Kutaisi
* Shemakha
* Tiflis
* Armenian
* Batum
* Dagestan
* Imeretia
* Kars
* Kuban
* Terek
* Sukhumi
* Zakatal
* Baku (Gradonachalstvo)

Baltic Governorates³|

* Courland
* Livonia
* Reval
* Riga
* Estonia

Governorates of Finland|

* Abo-Byorneborg
* Vaza
* Vyborg
* Kuopio
* Nyuland
* Sankt-Mikhel
* Tavastgus
* Uleaborg

Governorates of Poland|

* Avgustov
* Warsaw
* Kalish
* Keltsy
* Krakov
* Lomzha
* Lyublin
* Mazovia
* Petrokov
* Plotsk
* Podlyashye
* Radom
* Sandomir
* Sedlets
* Suvalki

Governorates of
Galicia and Bukovina|

* Lvov
* Peremyshl
* Tarnopol
* Chernovtsy

Dependencies|

* Bukey Horde
* Emirate of Bukhara
* Khanate of Kokand
* Russian America
* *Uryankhay Krai²
* Khanate of Khiva
* Zeravshan Okrug

¹ Italics indicates renamed or abolished governorates, oblasts, etc on 1 January 1914.
² An asterisk (*) indicates governorates formed or created with renaming after 1 January 1914.
³ Ostsee or Baltic general-governorship was abolished in 1876.

40°31′43″N 70°56′33″E﻿ / ﻿40.5286°N 70.9425°E﻿ / 40.5286; 70.9425
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template