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Turgay Oblast (Russian Empire)

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Established
  
1868

Political subdivisions
  
four uyezds

Disestablished
  
1920

Capital
  
Orenburg

Turgay Oblast (Russian Empire)

Turgai (also spelled Turgay or Turgaj) was an oblast (province) in Imperial Russia, established on October 21, 1868. It was located in the central part of present-day Kazakhstan.

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Its land area was 456,185 square kilometres (176,134 sq mi). The seat of the oblast was located in Orenburg, outside the borders of the oblast, since there was no town suitable for accommodation of the administration.

Governors

The highest authority in the Oblast was a military governor. The military governors of Turgay Oblast were

  • 1869-1877 Lev Fyodorovich Ballyuzek;
  • 1877-1878 Alexander Konstantinovich Geynts (Heinz);
  • 1878-1883 Alexander Petrovich Konstantinovich;
  • 1883-1887 Alexander Petrovich Protsenko;
  • 1887-1899 Yakov Feodorovich Barabash;
  • 1900-1908 Asinkrit Asinkritovich Lomachevsky;
  • 1908-1910 Ivan Mikhaylovich Strakhovsky;
  • 1910-1917 Mikhail Mikhaylovich Eversman.

    • Demographics

    As of 1897, 453,416 people populated the oblast. Kazakhs constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of Russians. Total Turkic speaking were 415,829 (91,7%).

    References

    Turgay Oblast (Russian Empire) Wikipedia
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