Ufa Governorate

Summary

Ufa Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire with its capital in the city of Ufa. It was created in 1865 by separation from Orenburg Governorate. On June 14, 1922 the governorate was transformed into the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. It occupied an area of 122,005 square kilometres (47,106 sq mi) and the territory of governorate was divided to six uyezds.

Ufa Governorate
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Governorate of the Russian Empire (1865–1917), Russian Republic, Russian State (1918), and RSFSR (1918–1922)
1865–1922
Coat of arms of Ufa
Coat of arms

Location within the Russian Empire
CapitalUfa
Area 
• (1897)
122,005 km2 (47,106 sq mi)
Population 
• (1897)
2,220,497
History 
• Established
1865
• Disestablished
June 14 1922
Political subdivisionsuezds: 6
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Orenburg Governorate
Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Russian State
Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Bashkiria

Population edit

According to the 1865 data, the population of Ufa Governorate was 1,291,018. According to the 1897 Census it was 2,220,497; urban population was 48.9%. Bashkir people constituted 41% of total population; Russian people: 38%; Tatar people: 8.4%; Mari people: 3.7%; Chuvash people: 2.8%; Mordvins: 1.7%.[1]

Economy edit

Arable lands was about 35% of the governorate's total area. Industry was based on mining and metalworking; there were also food, clothing and timber industries.

Administrative division edit

Ufa Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses):

Notable people edit

References edit

  1. ^ Демоскоп Weekly — Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей
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Sources edit

  • Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона: В 86 томах (82 т. и 4 доп.). — СПб., 1890–1907.

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