Piotrków Governorate

Piotrków Governorate
Петроковская губерния
Gubernia piotrkowska
Governorate of Congress Poland
1867–1915
Coat of arms of Piotrków Trybunalski
Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire
CapitalPetrokov
Area 
• 
12,249.4 km2 (4,729.5 sq mi)
Population 
• 1897[1]
1,403,901
History 
• Established
1867
• Disestablished
1915
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Warsaw Governorate
Government General of Warsaw

Piotrków Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire, established in 1867 by splitting some areas of Radom and Warsaw Governorates. Its capital was in Petrokov (Piotrków Trybunalski).

History[edit]

It was created in 1867, split off from parts of Radom and Warsaw Governorates. It consisted of uzeyds of Będzin, Częstochowa, Radomsko and Łódź.

Language[edit]

  • By the Imperial census of 1897.[2] In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^
    • Russian: Петроковская губерния, romanizedPetrokovskaya guberniya
    • Polish: Gubernia piotrkowska

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г." [The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897]. Demoscope Weekly (in Russian).
  2. ^ Language Statistics of 1897 (in Russian)
  3. ^ Languages, number of speakers which in all gubernia were less than 1000

Further reading[edit]

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