Piotrków Governorate Петроковская губерния Gubernia piotrkowska | |||||||||
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Governorate of Congress Poland | |||||||||
1867–1915 | |||||||||
Location in the Russian Empire | |||||||||
Capital | Petrokov | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• | 12,249.4 km2 (4,729.5 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1897[1] | 1,403,901 | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1867 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1915 | ||||||||
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Piotrków Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire, established in 1867 by splitting some areas of Radom and Warsaw Governorates. Its capital was in Petrokov (Piotrków Trybunalski).
History[edit]
It was created in 1867, split off from parts of Radom and Warsaw Governorates. It consisted of uzeyds of Będzin, Częstochowa, Radomsko and Łódź.
Language[edit]
- By the Imperial census of 1897.[2] In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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).
- ^ Language Statistics of 1897 (in Russian)
- ^ Languages, number of speakers which in all gubernia were less than 1000
Further reading[edit]
- William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire: Piotrkov", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook – via Open Library