| Kielce Governorate Келецкая губерния Gubernia kielecka | |||||||||
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| Governorate of Congress Poland | |||||||||
| 1867–1915 | |||||||||
 Location in the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Keltsy | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 10,093 km2 (3,897 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1897 [1] | 761,995 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1867 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1915 | ||||||||
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Kielce Governorate [lower-alpha 1] was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya ) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire.
It was created in 1841 from the Kraków Governorate, both with capital in Kelets (Кѣльцы). It was merged into Radom Governorate during the 1844 reorganisation that reduced the number of governorates to just five. In 1866/67 it was recreated in the further reforms that brought the administrative structure of Poland closer to that of the Russian Empire.
It consisted of 7 powiats: Jędrzejów, Kielce, Miechów, Olkusz, Pińczów, Stopnica and Włoszczowa.
| Language | Number | percentage (%) | males | females |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polish | 666 772 | 87.5 | 323 858 | 342 914 |
| Yiddish | 83 017 | 10.89 | 40 528 | 42 489 |
| Russian | 7 983 | 1.04 | 6 506 | 1 477 |
| German | 2 428 | 0.31 | 1 224 | 1 204 |
| Ukrainian | 1 088 | 0.16 | 1 015 | 73 |
| Other [3] | 706 | >0.1 | 568 | 138 |
| Persons that didn't name their native language | 1 | >0.01 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 761 995 | 100 | 373 700 | 388 295 |
| 1816–1837 voivodeships |  | |
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| 1837–1844 governorates | ||
| 1844–1867 governorates | ||
| 1867–1914 governorates | ||
 Governorates of the Vistula Land (1867–1914) | |
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