Stavropol Governorate

1847–1924 unit of Russia

Stavropol Governorate

Ставропольская губерния

Governorate of Russian Empire (1847–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1924)
1847–1924

Coat of arms

Location within the Russian Empire
Capital| Stavropol
Area|

| 60,600 km2 (23,400 sq mi)
Population|

• 1897[1]

| 873,301
History|

• Established

| 1847

• Disestablished

| 1924

Preceded by | Succeeded by

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|  | Caucasus Governorate

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| Kuban Oblast |

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Stavropol Soviet Republic |

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.

## Demographics

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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]

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Ethnic groups in 1897 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

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1. ^ "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).
2. ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей".

## Further reading

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* 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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Subdivisions of the Russian Empire

Governorates
(List)|

* Azov¹
* +Altai²
* Arkhangelsk
* Archangelgorod
* Astrakhan
* Belgorod
* Bessarabia
* Bratslav
* Belarus
* 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
* Novgorod-Seversky
* Novgorod
* Novorossiya
* 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
* Volhynia
* Voronezh
* Vyatka
* Vyborg
* Yaroslavl
* Yekaterinoslav
* Yeniseysk

| Baltic Governorates³|

* Courland
* Livonia
* Reval
* Riga
* Estonia

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Governorates of Finland|

* Åbo-Björneborg
* Vasa
* Vyborg
* Kuopio
* Nyland
* St. Michel
* Tavastehus
* Uleåborg

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

Oblasts|

* Belostok
* Bessarabia
* Don Host
* Caspian
* Kwantung
* Orenburg Kirghiz
* Omsk
* Taurida
* Tarnopol
* Yakutsk

| The Steppes|

* Akmolinsk
* Siberian Kirghiz
* Semipalatinsk
* Turgay
* Ural

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Turkestan|

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

Priamurye|

* Amur
* Transbaikal
* Kamchatka
* Primorskaya
* Sakhalin

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)

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.

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