Kaluga Governorate (Russian: Калужская губерния, romanizedKaluzhskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed in 1796–1929.[2] Its capital was Kaluga.[3]

Kaluga Governorate
Калужская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire
1796–1929
Coat of arms of Kaluga Governorate
Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire
CapitalKaluga
Area 
• 1897
28,993 km2 (11,194 sq mi)
Population 
• 1897
1,132,843[1]
History 
• Established
12 December 1796
• Disestablished
1 October 1929
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kaluga Viceroyalty
Kaluga Oblast

Administrative division

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Kaluga Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses):

Demographics

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At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kaluga Governorate had a population of 1,132,843. Of these, 99.4% spoke Russian, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Yiddish, 0.1% Ukrainian, 0.1% Belarusian and 0.1% German as their native language.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  2. ^ Постановление ВЦИК от 14.01.1929 «Об образовании на территории Р. С. Ф. С. Р. административно-территориальных объединений краевого и областного значения»
  3. ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1926 г." Archived from the original on 2014-04-07.
  4. ^ [1] Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей

Further reading

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