Piotrków Governorate Explained

Native Name:Петроковская губерния
Gubernia piotrkowska
Conventional Long Name:Piotrków Governorate
Common Name:Piotrków Trybunalski
Subdivision:Governorate
Nation:Congress Poland
Capital:Petrokov
Year Start:1867
Year End:1915
Image Map Caption:Location in the Russian Empire
P1:Warsaw Governorate
S1:Government General of Warsaw
Flag S1:Flag of Germany (1867–1918).svg
Stat Year2:1897[1]
Stat Area1:12,249.4
Stat Pop2:1,403,901

Piotrków Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire, established in 1867 by splitting some areas of Radom and Warsaw Governorates. Its capital was in Petrokov (Piotrków Trybunalski).

History

It was created in 1867, split off from parts of Radom and Warsaw Governorates. It consisted of uzeyds of Będzin, Częstochowa, Radomsko and Łódź.

Language

Further reading

51.405°N 19.6933°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. . The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897 . Demoscope Weekly . ru.
  2. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97.php?reg=90 Language Statistics of 1897
  3. Languages, number of speakers which in all gubernia were less than 1000