Orenburg Governorate
Оренбургская губерния
Governorate of Russian Empire (1744–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1928)
1744–1928
Coat of arms of Orenburg
Coat of arms

Orenburg Governorate within the Russian Empire
CapitalOrenburg, Ufa (1802–1865)
Area 
 
189,727.4 km2 (73,254.2 sq mi)
Population 
 (1897)[1]
1,600,145
History 
 Established
15 March 1744
 Disestablished
14 May 1928
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Orenburg Commission
Ufa Province
Iset Province
Ufa Governorate
Middle Volga Oblast

Orenburg Governorate (Russian: Оренбургская губерния) was an administrative division (a guberniya) of the Russian Empire with the center in the city of Orenburg, Ufa (1802-1865).

The governorate was created in 1744 from the lands annexed from Siberian and Astrakhan Governorates. In 1782, the governorate, along with Chelyabinsky Uyezd of Perm Viceroyalty were transformed into Ufa Viceroyalty, which was divided into Ufa and Orenburg Oblasts. In 1796, Ufa Viceroyalty was renamed Orenburg Governorate, and in 1865 it was split in two—a smaller Orenburg Governorate, and Ufa Governorate.

In 1919, Chelyabinsk Governorate was split off from Orenburg Governorate, and in 1928 the governorate was merged into a newly created Middle Volga Oblast.

Administrative division

After the creation of Ufa Governorate in 1865, Orenburg Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses):

Notable people

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).

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