Shemakha Governorate

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Shemakha Governorate
Шемахинская губерния
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Map of the Shemakha Governorate (1846–1859)
Country Russian Empire
Viceroyalty Caucasus
Established1846
Abolished1859
CapitalShemakha
(present-day Shamakhi)
Area
  Total
57,444 km2 (22,179 sq mi)
Highest elevation4,466 m (14,652 ft)
Population
 (1851)
  Total
603,006
  Density10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Preceded by Caspian Oblast
Succeeded by Baku Governorate

Shemakha Governorate [a] was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya ) of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, with its administrative center in Shemakha (Shamakhi). Following the earthquake of 1859, the capital was transferred and the province became known as the Baku Governorate.

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History

The governorate was formed by the imperial decree of Tsar Nicholas I on 26 December [ O.S. 14 December] 1846, whereby the Caucasus Viceroyalty was divided into four governorates: Shemakha, Tiflis, Kutaisi and Derbent. [1]

Following the catastrophic 1859 Shamakhi earthquake, the capital of the governorate was transferred from Shemakha to the fast-growing city of Baku, for-which the governorate's name was changed accordingly. [1] [2]

Administrative divisions

Shemakha Governorate consisted of five counties ( uezds ). According to the IX Census of Russia in 1851, the population of the governorate consisted of 319,923 men and 283,083 women, in total 603,006 people. [3] Data on the total population were provided by the Transcaucasian Office of the Imperial Ministry of Finance. It was not possible to determine the exact number of women in each uezd:[ citation needed ]

DistrictRussian nameMale population
Baku Бакинскій уѣздъ22,380
Shemakha Шемахинскій уѣздъ82,989
Lenkoran Ленкоранскій уѣздъ43,198
Nukha Нухинскій уѣздъ65,952
Shusha Шушинскій уѣздъ105,404

Governor-generals

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 "Азербайджанские земли в составе Российской империи" (in Russian). Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. Мильман, Арон Шмульевич (1966). Политический строй Азербайджана в XIX-начале XX веков: административный аппарат и суд, формы и методы колониального управления (in Russian). Азербайджанское гос. изд-во. p. 156.
  3. Keppen, Peter (1857). "Шемахинская губернiя" [Shemakha Governorate]. Изслѣдованiе о числѣ жителей въ Россiи въ 1851 году[Study on the number of inhabitants in Russia in 1851] (in Russian). Vol. 62. Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences. p. 154.

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