Ufa Governorate Explained

Native Name:Уфимская губерния
Conventional Long Name:Ufa Governorate
Common Name:Ufa
Subdivision:Governorate
Nation:the Russian Empire (1865–1917), Russian Republic, Russian State (1918), and RSFSR (1918–1922)
Year Start:1865
Year End:1922
Date End:June 14
P1:Orenburg Governorate
S1:Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Flag S1:Flag of the Bashkir ASSR.svg
S2:Russian State
Flag S2:Kolchak (blason).jpg
S3:Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Flag S3:Flag of Tatar ASSR.svg
S4:Bashkiria (1917–1919)Bashkiria
Flag S4:Flag of Bashkortostan (1918).svg
Image Map Caption:Location within the Russian Empire
Capital:Ufa
Political Subdiv:uezds: 6
Stat Pop1:2,220,497
Stat Area1:122005
Stat Year1:(1897)

Ufa Governorate 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 and the territory of governorate was divided to six uyezds.

Population

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

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

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

Notable people

Sources

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Notes and References

  1. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=1579 Демоскоп Weekly — Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей