Batumi Oblast

Карсская область Karsskaya Oblast
Oblast of Russian Empire
← 1878–1918 →
History
•	Treaty of San Stefano	1878
•	Proclamation of PNGSC	1918
Today part of		Batumi

Batumi Oblast (English) Батумская область (Modern Russian)
Coat of Arms
Established	20 September 1878; 17 March 1903
Abolished	12 June 1883; 1917
Political status Region	Oblast Caucasus
Area
Area - Rank	61,092 verst² n/a
Population (1897 census)
Population - Rank - Density - Urban - Rural	142,032 inhabitants n/a 2.3 inhab. / verst²
Government
First Head Last Head	n/a n/a

The Batumi Oblast was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire, with the maritime city of Batumi as its center. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day southwestern Georgia. It was created out of the territories of the former Ottoman Sanjak of Batumi.

Demographics

As of 1897, 88,444 people populated the oblast. The Adjarians, then-mostly Muslim Georgian group, constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of Russians, Armenians, Caucasus Greeks, and Turks.

Ethnic groups in 1897

TOTAL	88,444	100%
Adjarians	56,498	63,4%
Russians	7,217	8,2%
Armenians	7,120	8,1%
Turks	3,199	3,6%