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Samarkand Oblast

Field	Value
name	Samarkand Oblast
native_name	Самаркандская область
native_name_lang	ru
settlement_type	Oblast
image_shield	Coat of arms of Samarkand Oblast 1890.svg
image_map	Samarkhand in Russian Empire (1914).svg
mapsize	225px
map_caption	Location in the Russian Empire
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Russian Empire
subdivision_type1	Governorate-General
subdivision_name1	Turkestan
established_title	Established
established_date	1887
extinct_title	Abolished
extinct_date	1919
seat_type	Capital
seat	Samarkand
area_total_km2	68962
population_as_of	1897
population_total	860,021
population_density_km2	auto
elevation_max_m	4643
elevation_max_point	Khazret Sultan
population_urban	15.73%
population_rural	94.27%
total_type	Total

Samarkand Oblast in 1900 (in yellow)

The Samarkand Oblast was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire between 1887 and 1924. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day central Uzbekistan and northwestern Tajikistan. It was created out of the northeastern part of the Emirate of Bukhara. It consisted of the uyezds of Samarkand (incl. cities Samarkand and Pendzhikent), Dzhizak (incl. city Dzhizak), Katta-Kurgan (incl. city Katta-Kurgan) and Khodzhent (incl. cities Khodzhent and Uratyube).

Demographics

As of 1897, 860,021 people populated the oblast. Uzbeks constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of Tajiks and Kazakhs. The Turkic speaking population amounted to 609,204 (70,8%) people.

Ethnic groups in 1897

TOTAL	860,021	100%
Uzbeks	507,587	59%
Tajiks	230,384	26.8%
Kazakhs	63,091	7.3%
Uyghurs	19,993	2.3%
Turkic Sarts	18,073	2.1%
Russians	12,485	1.5%
Jews	1,312	0.2%

Russian Revolution

On April 30, 1918, the region became a part of Turkestan ASSR. On October 27, 1924 as a result of the national-territorial reorganisation of Central Asia, the Samarkand region became a part of the Uzbek SSR of the Soviet Union.

Notes

References

[https://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_gub_97.php?reg=83 1897 census]
"Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей".

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