Kharkov Governorate
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| Kharkov Governorate Харьковская губернiя Харьковское наместничество |
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| Capital | Kharkіv | ||||
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| • | Established | 1835 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 1918 | |||
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| • | (1897) | 2,492,316 | |||
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Kharkov Governorate (Ха́рьковская губе́рния) was a governorate of the Russian Empire originally founded in 1835. It embraced the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine. From 1765 to 1780 and from 1796 to 1835 the governorate was called the Sloboda Ukraine Governorate. In 1780-1796 there existed the Kharkov Viceroyalty.
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Demographics
1897 Russian Census
- By the Imperial census of 1897.[1] In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
| Language | Number | percentage (%) | males | females |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian | 2 009 411 | 80.62 | 1 004 372 | 1 005 039 |
| Russian | 440 936 | 17.69 | 225 803 | 215 133 |
| Yiddish | 12 650 | 0.5 | 7 007 | 5 643 |
| Belarusian | 10 258 | 0.41 | 4 936 | 5 322 |
| German | 9 080 | 0.36 | 4 504 | 4 576 |
| Polish | 5 910 | 0.23 | 4 056 | 1 854 |
| Tatar | 1 358 | >0.1 | 1 221 | 137 |
| Persons that didn't name their native language |
44 | >0.01 | 23 | 21 |
| Other[2] | 2 669 | 0.1 | 1 700 | 969 |
| Total | 2 492 316 | 100 | 1 253 759 | 1 238 557 |
References and notes
- ↑ Language Statistics of 1897 (Russian)
- ↑ Languages, number of speakers which in all gubernia were less than 1000
Further reading
- William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire: Kharkov", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook – via Open Library<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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- Articles with Russian-language external links
- States and territories established in 1835
- States and territories disestablished in 1918
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- Governorates of the Russian Empire
- History of Kharkiv Oblast
- Historical regions in Ukraine
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- 1780 establishments in Russia
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