Orenburg Governorate (Russian: Оренбургская губерния, romanizedOrenburgskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire. Its capital in 1797–1802 and 1865–1928 was Orenburg, and Ufa in 1802–1865.

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

Location in the Russian Empire
Capital
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 Viceroyalty
Iset Province
Ufa Governorate
Middle Volga Oblast

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 [ru] 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 edit

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

Notable people edit

References edit

  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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