Stavropol Governorate

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 km^2 (23,400 sq mi)
Population
• 1897[1]	873,301
History
• Established	1847
• Disestablished	1924
Preceded by Succeeded by Caucasus Governorate Kuban Oblast 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

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]

Ethnic groups in 1897

TOTAL	873,301	100%
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

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

• 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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