Baku Governorate 5592109 217586254 2008-06-06T18:20:21Z Rjwilmsi 203434 [[WP:AWB/T|Typo]]/[[Template:Citation|accessdate]]/[[MOS:SYL|date]] fixes, typos fixed: the the → the using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{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]]