Baku Governorate
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{{Infobox Russian governorate
|EnglishName=Baku Governorate
|RussianName=Бакинская губерния
|RussianOldName=Бакiнская губернiя
|LocatorMap=Gubernias del Caucaso - Gubernia de Baku - Imperio Ruso.png
|CoatOfArms=Baku gub coa n655.gif
|CoatOfArmsLink=Coat of arms of Baku Governorate
|AdmCtrName=[[Baku]]
|FoundationDate=[[1846]] as Shemakha Governorate; renamed to Baku Governorate in [[1859]]
|AbolishmentDate=[[1917]]
|PoliticalStatus=Governorate
|PoliticalStatusLink=Guberniya
|Region=[[Caucasus]]
|Area= 34400
|Population=789659
|UrbanPopulation=19.80%
|RuralPopulation=80.20%
|CensusYear=1897
|GovAsOf=1917
|HeadTitle=Governor
|HeadName=Governor of Tiflis
|}}
'''Baku Governorate''' ([[Russian language|Old Russian]]: ''Бакiнская губернiя'') was one of the ''[[guberniya]]s'' of the [[Russian Empire]], with its centre in [[Baku]]. Area ([[1897]]): 34,4000 sq. [[versta]]s, population (1897): 789,659<ref name="bee">[http://www.cultinfo.ru/fulltext/1/001/007/007/7661.htm Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopædia]: Baku Governorate</ref>. The only foreign border of the governorate was [[Persia]], in the south.
The Governorate (Province) was established in [[1846]] as Shemakha Governorate, in place of several military precincts. After the devastating [[1859 Shamakhy earthquake]] it was decided to transfter the capital of the Province to [[Baku]]. On [[July 12]], [[1859]] the governorate's name was changed accordingly. The coat of arms of the governorate was instituted on [[July 5]], [[1878]]<sup>[http://heraldry.hobby.ru/gub1/bkgub.html]</sup>. Initially Baku Governorate included [[Karabakh]] and [[Zangezur]], which were separated in [[1868]] to create [[Elisabethpol Governorate]].
The governorate was preserved until the establishment of the [[Azerbaijan Democratic Republic]], when it was split into Baku Governorate and Lankaran General-Governorate.
==Administrative division==
Baku Governorate had six ''[[uyezd]]s'' (in [[1868]] [[Nukha]] and [[Shusha]] uyezds were attached to [[Elisabethpol Governorate]]):
*Baku
*Kuba (attached in [[1860]])
*Shemakha
*Geokchai
*Dzhevat
*Lenkoran
==Demographics==
As of 1897, 789,659 people populated the governorate, of them 55% were male. [[Azerbaijani people|Azeris]] (mostly [[Shiite]]) constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of [[Russians]], [[Armenians]], [[Lezgins]], [[Tats]], [[Talysh people|Talysh]] and [[Azerbaijani Jews|Jews]].<ref name="bee"/>
==Known governors==
*Konstantin Tarkhanov-Mouravov, 1859–1863
*Mikhail Kolyubakin, 1863–1872
*[[Dmitry Staroselsky]], 1872–1875
*Valeriy Pozen, 1875–1882
*Justin von Huebsch Grostal, 1882–1888
*Vladimir Rogge, 1888–1899
*Dmitry Odintsov, 1899–1904
*Mikhail Nakashidze, 1904–1905
*Andrei Fadeyev, 1905
*Vladimir Alyshevsky, 1905–1915
*Leo Potulov, 1916–1917<ref>[http://whp057.narod.ru/bakin.htm Baku Lands]</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
*[http://slovari.yandex.ru/art.xml?art=brokminor/4/4144.html&encpage=brokminor&mrkp=http%3A//hghltd.yandex.com/yandbtm%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A//encycl.yandex.ru/texts/brokminor/4/4144.html%26text%3Denc_abc%26reqtext%3D%2528enc%253A%253A1402442%2B%2526/%25281%2B1%2529%2Babc%253A%253A146659%2529//6%26%26isu%3D2 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary]
*[http://heraldry.hobby.ru/gub1/bkgub.html Герб Бакинской губернии]
[[Category:Governorates of the Caucasus]]
[[Category:History of Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:Baku]]
[[ko:바킨스카야 구베르니야]]
[[ja:バクー県]]
[[ru:Бакинская губерния]]
[[uk:Бакинська губернія]]
[[zh:巴庫省]]