Shemakha Governorate
Шемахинская губерния
Coat of arms of Shemakha Governorate
Map of the Shemakha Governorate (1846–1859)
Map of the Shemakha Governorate (1846–1859)
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
Established1846
Abolished1859
CapitalShemakha
(present-day Shamakhi)
Area
  Total57,444 km2 (22,179 sq mi)
Highest elevation4,466 m (14,652 ft)
Population
 (1851)
  Total603,006
  Density10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Preceded byCaspian Oblast
Succeeded byBaku Governorate

The Shemakha Governorate[lower-alpha 1] was a province (guberniya) of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, with its administrative center in the city of Shemakha (present-day Shamakhi). Following the earthquake of 1859, the capital was transferred and the province became known as the Baku Governorate.

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:

District Russian name Male population
Baku Бакинскій уѣздъ 22,380
Shemakha Шемахинскій уѣздъ 82,989
Lenkoran Ленкоранскій уѣздъ 43,198
Nukha Нухинскій уѣздъ 65,952
Shusha Шушинскій уѣздъ 105,404

Governor-generals

  • Baron Alexander Yevstasyevich von Wrangel (1846-1850)
  • Sergei Gavrilovich Chilyaev (1850-1857)
  • Konstantin Davidovich Tarkhan-Mouravov (1857-1859)

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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