Warsaw Governorate
Warsaw Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire. It was created in 1844 from the Masovia and Kalisz Governorates, and had the capital in Warsaw. In 1867 territories of the Warsaw Governorate were divided into three smaller governorates: a smaller Warsaw Governorate, Piotrków Governorate and the recreated Kalisz Governorate.
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Warsaw Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire. It was created in 1844 from the Masovia and Kalisz Governorates, and had the capital in Warsaw. In 1867 territories of the Warsaw Governorate were divided into three smaller governorates: a smaller Warsaw Governorate, Piotrków Governorate and the recreated Kalisz Governorate.
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A small reform in 1893 increased the Warsaw Governorate's size with territories split from Płock and Łomża governorates.
• Native Name — Варшавская губерния Gubernia warszawska • Conventional Long Name — Warsaw Governorate • Subdivision — Governorate • Nation — Congress Poland • Capital — Warsaw • Year Start — 1844 • Year End — 1915 • Image Coat — Coat of arms of Warsaw Governorate.svg • Image Map — Warsaw in Russian Empire (1914).svg • Image Map Caption — Location in the Russian Empire • P1 — Masovian Voivodeship (1816–1837)Masovian Voivodeship • S1 — Government General of Warsaw • Flag S1 — Flag of Germany (1867–1918).svg • Stat Year2 — 1897 • Stat Area1 — 17,479.7 • Stat Pop2 — 1,983,689 • Illustration — Coat of arms (1880) • Illustration — Card (1856) from a set of geographical cards of the Russian Empire, with information on the Warsaw Governorate. Warsaw Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire. It was created in 1844 from the Masovia and Kalisz Governorates, and had the capital in Warsaw. In 1867 territories of the Warsaw Governorate were divided into three smaller governorates: a smaller Warsaw Governorate, Piotrków Governorate and the recreated Kalisz Governorate. A small reform in 1893 increased the Warsaw Governorate's size with territories split from Płock and Łomża governorates.
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• By the Imperial census of 1897. In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language. align="center" • |Language — |Number — |percentage (%) — |males — |females • Polish — 1 420 436 — 73.52 — 687 210 — 733 226 • Yiddish — 317 169 — 16.41 — 154 603 — 162 566 • Russian — 87 850 — 4.54 — 70,898 — 16,952 • German — 77 160 — 3.99 — 37 984 — 39 176 • Ukrainian — 15 930 — 0.82 — 15 623 — 307 • Romanian — 2 299 — >0.01 — 2 293 — 6 • Latvian — 1 759 — >0.01 — 1 738 — 21 • Estonian — 1 566 — >0.01 — 1 555 — 11 • Tatar — 1 473 — >0.01 — 1 437 — 36 • Belarusian — 1 343 — >0.01 — 1 234 — 109 • Other — 4 824 — 0.24 — 3 289 — 1 535 • Persons who didn't name their native language — 54 — >0.01 — 33 — 21 • Total — 1 931 867 — 100 — 977 948 — 953 919
Governors
Governors
• Evgeni Rozhnov (1863-24.10.1866) • Baron Nikolai Medem (24.10.1866—01.01.1892) • Yuliy Andreev (16.01.1892—27.02.1897) • Dmitri Martynov (03.03.1897—20.01.1907) • Baron Semyon Korf (20.01.1907—1914) • Piotr Stremoukhov (1914—1916)
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