Piotrków Governorate

Piotrków Governorate (Russian: Петроковская губерния; Polish: Gubernia piotrkowska) was one of the administrative divisions (guberniya; gubernia) in the Kingdom of Poland, established in 1867 by splitting some areas of the Radom and Warsaw Governorates. Its capital was in Petrokov (Russian: Петроко́в) in modern day Piotrków Trybunalski.

Piotrków Governorate
Петроковская губерния
Gubernia piotrkowska
Governorate of Russian Empire
1867–1915
Coat of arms of Piotrków Trybunalski
Coat of arms

Location within the Russian Empire
CapitalPetrokov
Area 
 
12,249.4 km2 (4,729.5 sq mi)
Population 
 1897[1]
1,403,901
History
History 
 Established
1867
 Disestablished
1915
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Warsaw Governorate
Government General of Warsaw

History

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

  • By the Imperial census of 1897.[2] In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
Language Number percentage (%) males females
Polish 1 011 928 72.07 497 412 514 516
Yiddish 213 562 15.21 104 914 108 648
German 148 765 10.59 72 445 76 320
Russian 19 232 1.36 14 938 4 294
Czech 4 987 0.35 2 563 2 424
Ukrainian 2 723 0.19 2 622 101
Other[3] 2 614 0.18 2 153 461
Persons
that didn't name
their native language
90 >0.01 49 41
Total 1 403 901 100 697 096 706 805

References and notes

  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).
  2. Language Statistics of 1897 (in Russian)
  3. Languages, number of speakers which in all gubernia were less than 1000

Further reading

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