Samarkand Oblast

Oblast in Turkestan, Russian Empire
Samarkand Oblast
Самаркандская область
Coat of arms of Samarkand Oblast
Coat of arms
Location in the Russian Empire
Location in the Russian Empire
CountryRussian Empire
Governorate-GeneralTurkestan
Established1887
Abolished1919
CapitalSamarkand
Area
 • Total68,962 km2 (26,626 sq mi)
Highest elevation
(Khazret Sultan)
4,643 m (15,233 ft)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total860,021
 • Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
 • Urban
15.73%
 • Rural
94.27%
Samarkand Oblast in 1900 (in yellow)

The Samarkand Oblast[a] was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire between 1887 and 1924. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day central Uzbekistan and northwestern Tajikistan. It was created out of the northeastern part of the Emirate of Bukhara. It consisted of the uyezds of Samarkand (incl. cities Samarkand and Pendzhikent), Dzhizak (incl. city Dzhizak), Katta-Kurgan (incl. city Katta-Kurgan) and Khodzhent (incl. cities Khodzhent and Uratyube).[1]

Demographics

As of 1897, 860,021 people populated the oblast. Uzbeks constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of Tajiks and Kazakhs. The Turkic speaking population amounted to 609,204 (70,8%) people.

Ethnic groups in 1897[2]

TOTAL 860,021 100%
Uzbeks 507,587 59%
Tajiks 230,384 26.8%
Kazakhs 63,091 7.3%
Uyghurs 19,993 2.3%
Turkic Sarts 18,073 2.1%
Russians 12,485 1.5%
Jews 1,312 0.2%

Russian Revolution

On April 30, 1918, the region became a part of Turkestan ASSR. On October 27, 1924 as a result of the national-territorial reorganisation of Central Asia, the Samarkand region became a part of the Uzbek SSR of the Soviet Union.

Notes

  1. ^
    • Russian: Самарка́ндская о́бласть, romanized: Samarkándskaya óblastʼ
    • Uzbek: Samarqand viloyati

References

  1. ^ 1897 census
  2. ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей".

Further reading

  • William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire: Samarkand", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook – via Open Library
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