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 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 the Great Northern War ...
with its capital in the city
Ufa
Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital city, capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya River (Kama), Belaya and Ufa River, Ufa rivers, in the centre-n ...
. 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
uyezd
An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...
s.
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
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different : 8.4%;
Mari people
The Mari ( chm, мари; russian: марийцы, mariytsy) are a Finnic people, who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama rivers in Russia. Almost half of Maris today live in the Mari El republic, with significant populations in ...
: 3.7%;
Chuvash people
The Chuvash people ( , ; cv, чӑваш ; russian: чуваши ) are a Turkic ethnic group, a branch of Oghurs, native to an area stretching from the Volga-Ural region to Siberia. Most of them live in Chuvashia and the surrounding areas, a ...
: 2.8%;
Mordvins
The Mordvins (also Unified Mordvin people, Mordvinians, Mordovians; russian: мордва, Mordva, Mordvins (no equivalents in Moksha and Erzya)) is an obsolete but official term used in the Russian Federation to refer both to Erzyas and Mo ...
: 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 ( Belebey)
* Birsky Uyezd ( Birsk)
* Zlatoustovsky Uyezd (Zlatoust
Zlatoust ( rus, Златоуст, p=zlətɐˈust) is a city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Ay River (in the Kama basin), west of Chelyabinsk. Population: 181,000 (1971); 161,000 (1959); 99,000 (1939); 48,000 (1926); 21,000 ( ...
)
* Menzelinsky Uyezd ( Menzelinsk)
* Sterlitamaksky Uyezd Sterlitamaksky Uyezd (''Стерлитамакский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Ufa Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Sterlitamak.
Demogra ...
(Sterlitamak
Sterlitamak ( rus, Стерлитама́к, p=stʲɪrlʲɪtɐˈmak; ba, Стәрлетамаҡ, translit=Stärletamaq; ) is the second largest city in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Belaya River (Kama' ...
)
* Ufimsky Uyezd Ufimsky Uyezd (''Уфимский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Ufa Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the central part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Ufa.
Demographics
At the time of the Russi ...
(Ufa
Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital city, capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya River (Kama), Belaya and Ufa River, Ufa rivers, in the centre-n ...
)
Notable people
*Guinan Khairy
Guinan Khairy was a Bashkir poet, writer and playwright.
In 1937, he was arrested for views on the protection of the people. He was rehabilitated posthumously, only in the late 1990s.
Creation
In 1927 he worked as an editor of the newspaper ...
was a Bashkir poet, writer and playwright.
*Shaikhzada Babich
Shaikhzada Muhametzakirovich Babich (russian: Шайхзада Мухаметзакирович Бабич; ba, Шәйехзада Мөхәммәтзәкир улы Бабич, translit=Şäyexzada Möxämmätzäkir ulı Babiç; 14 January 189 ...
was a Bashkir poet, writer and playwright.
*Potapy Emelianov
Potapy Emelianov (c. 1889, Ufa Governorate, Russian Empire – 14 August 1936, Nadvoitsy, Segezhsky District, Karelian ASSR, USSR) was a monastic priest, or Hieromonk, from the Old Ritualist tradition within Russian Orthodoxy who entered the Ru ...
priest and confessor of the Russian Greek Catholic Church
The Russian Greek Catholic Church (russian: Российская греко-католическая церковь, ''Rossiyskaya greko-katolicheskaya tserkov; la, Ecclesia Graeca Catholica Russica''), Russian Byzantine Catholic Church or simply ...
and, since 2003, a candidate for Roman Catholic Sainthood.
*Baryi Kalimullin
Baryi Gibatovich Kalimullin (, ; April 10, 1907 – July 21, 1989) was a Soviet architect, educator, and social activist. He is credited with helping to build Ufa Aviation University and Bashkir State University.
In 1935-51 Head of sector of ur ...
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