Radom Governorate
1844–1915 unit of Poland
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Radom Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire.
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| Radom Governorate Радомская губерния Gubernia radomska | |||||||||
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| Governorate of Congress Poland | |||||||||
| 1844–1915 | |||||||||
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| Location in the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Radom | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 11,578 km2 (4,470 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1897[1] | 814,947 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1844 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1915 | ||||||||
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History
It was created in 1844 from the merger of the Sandomierz Governorate with Kielce Governorate. Its capital was in Radom (previously a capital of the Sandomierz Governorate).
It was divided into 8 powiats: Kielce, Miechów, Olkusz, Opatów, Opoczno, Radom and Sandomierz.
In 1866 the Kielce Governorate was once again made an independent entity, and thus split off from the Radom Governorate.
Language
- By the Imperial census of 1897.[2] In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
| Language | Number | percentage (%) | males | females |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polish | 681 061 | 83.57 | 336 398 | 344 663 |
| Yiddish | 112 123 | 13.75 | 54 524 | 57 599 |
| Russian | 9 581 | 1.17 | 7 969 | 1 612 |
| German | 8 755 | 1.07 | 4 381 | 4 374 |
| Ukrainian | 1 642 | 0.2 | 1 548 | 94 |
| Romanian | 1 343 | 0.42 | 1 343 | 0 |
| Other[3] | 430 | >0.01 | 430 | 154 |
| Persons that didn't name their native language | 12 | >0.01 | 10 | 2 |
| Total | 814 947 | 100 | 406 449 | 408 498 |
