Ufa Governorate (russian: Уфи́мская губе́рния, ba, Өфө губернаһы, ''Öfö gubernahı'') was a governorate of the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the List of Russian monarchs, Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended th ...
with its capital in the city
Ufa. It was created in 1865 by separation from
Orenburg Governorate. On June 14, 1922 the governorate was transformed into the
. It occupied an area of 122,005 km
2 and the territory of the governorate was divided to 6
uyezds.
Population
According to the 1865 data, the population of Ufa Governorate was 1,291,018. According to the 1897 Census it was 2,220,497; urban population was 48.9%.
Bashkir people constituted 41% of total population; Russian people: 38%;
Tatar people: 8.4%;
Mari people
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: 3.7%;
Chuvash people
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: 2.8%;
Mordvins
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: 1.7%.
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Economy
Arable lands was about 35% of the governorate's total area. Industry was based on mining and metalworking; there were also food, clothing and timber industries.
Administrative division
Ufa Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses):
* Belebeyevsky Uyezd Belebeyevsky Uyezd (''Белебеевский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Ufa Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Belebey.
Demographics
At ...
( Belebey)
* Birsky Uyezd ( Birsk)
* Zlatoustovsky Uyezd Zlatoustovsky Uyezd (''Златоустовский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Ufa Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Zlatoust.
Demograph ...
( Zlatoust)
* Menzelinsky Uyezd Menzelinsky Uyezd (''Мензелинский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Ufa Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Menzelinsk.
Demographic ...
( Menzelinsk)
* Sterlitamaksky Uyezd ( Sterlitamak)
* Ufimsky Uyezd ( Ufa)
Notable people
* Guinan Khairy was a Bashkir poet, writer and playwright.
* Shaikhzada Babich was a Bashkir poet, writer and playwright.
* Potapy Emelianov priest and confessor of the Russian Greek Catholic Church and, since 2003, a candidate for Roman Catholic Sainthood.
* Baryi Kalimullin was a Russian architect, educator, and social activist.
References
Sources
* Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона: В 86 томах (82 т. и 4 доп.). — СПб., 1890–1907.
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Governorates of the Russian Empire
1865 establishments in the Russian Empire
History of Ufa