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Ufa Governorate

1865–1922 unit of Russia

Summary

1865–1922 unit of Russia

Field	Value
native_name	ru
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
s2	Russian State
s3	Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
s4	Bashkiria (1917–1919)Bashkiria
image_coat	Coat of arms of Ufa province (1878).svg
image_map	Ufa in Russian Empire (1914).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 122,005 km2 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%.

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):

Belebeyevsky Uyezd (Belebey)
Birsky Uyezd (Birsk)
Zlatoustovsky Uyezd (Zlatoust)
Menzelinsky Uyezd (Menzelinsk)
Sterlitamaksky Uyezd (Sterlitamak)
Ufimsky Uyezd (Ufa)

Notable people

Guinan Khairy was a Bashkir poet, writer and playwright.
Shaikhzada Babich was a Bashkir poet, writer and playwright.
Potapy Emelianov priest and confessor of the Russian Greek Catholic Church and, since 2003, a candidate for Roman Catholic Sainthood.
Baryi Kalimullin was a Russian architect, educator, and social activist.

References

Sources

Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона: В 86 томах (82 т. и 4 доп.). — СПб., 1890–1907.

References

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

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