Irkutsk Governorate (Russian: Иркутская губерния, romanized: Irkutskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, located in Siberia. It existed from 1764 to 1926; its seat was in the city of Irkutsk.
| Irkutsk Governorate Иркутская губерния (Russian) | |||||||||
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| Governorate of Russian Empire (1764–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1926) | |||||||||
| 1764–1926 | |||||||||
.svg) Coat of arms
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.svg) Irkutsk Governorate within the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Irkutsk | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 743,480 km2 (287,060 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
| 514,267 | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1764 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1926 | ||||||||
| Political subdivisions | Yakutsk Oblast | ||||||||
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References
edit- ^ "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).
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