1878–1918 → 1897 142,032 | Proclamation of PNGSC 1918 Capital Batumi | |
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1897 61,092 km (23,588 sq mi) | ||
The Batumi Oblast was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire, with the maritime city of Batumi as its center. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day southwestern Georgia. It was created out of the territories of the former Ottoman Sanjak of Batumi.
Demographics
As of 1897, 88,444 people populated the oblast. The Adjarians, then-mostly Muslim Georgian group, constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of Russians, Armenians, Caucasus Greeks, and Turks.
References
Batumi Oblast Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA