Irkutsk Governorate
1764–1926 unit of Russia
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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.
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CapitalIrkutsk
Political subdivisionsYakutsk Oblast
| Irkutsk Governorate | |||||||||
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| Governorate of Russian Empire (1764–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1926) | |||||||||
| 1764–1926 | |||||||||
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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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Demographics
| Language | Native speakers | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | 375,997 | 73.1% |
| Buryat | 108,867 | 21.2% |
| Yiddish | 7,111 | 1.4% |
| Tatar | 6,981 | 1.4% |
| Polish | 3,864 | 0.8% |
| Yakut | 2,734 | 0.5% |
| Ukrainian | 2,177 | 0.4% |
| Tungusic | 2,017 | 0.4% |
| Romani | 1,094 | 0.2% |
| German | 607 | 0.1% |
| Other languages | 2.818 | 1.3% |
| Total | 514,267 | 100.00 |
