Warsaw Governorate

Summary

Warsaw Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire.

Warsaw Governorate
Варшавская губерния
Gubernia warszawska
Governorate of Congress Poland
1844–1915
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Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire
CapitalWarsaw
Area 
• 
17,479.7 km2 (6,748.9 sq mi)
Population 
• 1897[1]
1,983,689
History 
• Established
1844
• Disestablished
1915
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Masovian Voivodeship
Government General of Warsaw
Coat of arms (1880)

It was created in 1844 from the Masovia and Kalisz Governorates, and had the capital in Warsaw. In 1867 territories of the Warsaw Governorate were divided into three smaller governorates: a smaller Warsaw Governorate, Piotrków Governorate and the recreated Kalisz Governorate.

A small reform in 1893 increased the Warsaw Governorate's size with territories split from Płock and Łomża governorates.

Language edit

 
≥ 1906
  • By the Imperial census of 1897.[2] In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.

Governors edit

  • Evgeni Rozhnov (1863-24.10.1866)
  • Baron Nikolai Medem (24.10.1866—01.01.1892)
  • Yuliy Andreev (16.01.1892—27.02.1897)
  • Dmitri Martynov (03.03.1897—20.01.1907)
  • Baron Semyon Korf (20.01.1907—1914)
  • Piotr Stremoukhov (1914—1916)

Notes edit

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References edit

  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. ^ Language Statistics of 1897 (in Russian)
  3. ^ Languages, number of speakers which in all gubernia were less than 1000

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