Voronezh Governorate

Coat of arms of the governorate

Map from 1822 (Russian-French)

The Voronezh Governorate ( Russian Воронежская губерния ) was an administrative unit of the Russian Empire . It bordered (from the north clockwise) to the following administrative units: Tambov Governorate , Saratov province , Oblast of the Don Army , Kharkov Governorate , Kursk and Oryol Governorate .

It had an area of ​​65,895 km². The capital was Voronezh .

It was founded in 1779 as a governorship and converted into a governorate by Paul I in 1796. It existed until 1928 when it rose in the Central Black Earth Oblast .

It was divided into the following Ujesdy (circles):

• Biryuch
• Bobrov
• Boguchar
• Korotojak
• Nizhnedevitsk
• Novochopjorsk
• Ostrogoshsk
• Pavlovsk
• Sadonsk
• Zemlyansk
• Waluiki
• Voronezh

statistics

According to the results of the 1897 census, the governorate had 2,531,253 inhabitants. 1,602,948 of them were Great Russians and 915,883 Ukrainians (Little Russians). There were also smaller groups of Belarusians, Jews, Germans and Poles.

The main branches of business were agriculture and livestock. The harvest in 1905 delivered tons: wheat 219,760, rye 398,454, barley 70,307, millet 50,577, oats 125,640, potatoes 211,593. Hemp , tobacco and sugar beet were also grown . There was also fruit and vegetable growing. In horse breeding, the governorate in Russia came first. Pack horses of this name were bred on the Bitjug River and in the large state stud farm of Khrenovskoye Trotters. Sheep farming lost its importance at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1900 there were 528,000 horses, 824,000 head of cattle, 1,840,000 sheep (including 250,000 fine wool), 288,000 pigs and 30,000 goats. In 1900 the industry was represented by 4,649 factories with 17,295 workers and a production value of 19.1 million rubles. The most important were the distillery, the flour milling, the sugar production and the oil beating.

literature

• Woronesh . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 20, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1909, p.  752 .
• Valentin Janin and others: Otetschestwennaja istorija: istorija Rossii s drewneischich wremen do 1917 goda: Tom 1 . Bolschaja Rossijskaja enziklopedija, Moscow 1994, ISBN 5-85270-076-2 , pp. 454-456. (Russian)

Web links

Commons : Voronezh Governorate  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 1897 Census Results - Language Groups (Russian)
• 1897 Census Results - Counties (Russian)