Siedlce Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of

Congress Poland Congress Poland or Congress Kingdom of Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. It was established w ...

of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

History

It was created in 1867 from the division of the

Lublin Governorate Lublin Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire. History The Lublin Governorate was created in 1837 from the Lublin Voivodeship, and had the same borders and capital (Lublin) a ...

. It was in fact a recreation of the older

Podlasie Governorate Podlasie Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire. It was created in 1837 from the Podlasie Voivodeship with its capital in Siedlce. In 1844 it was merged into a larger Lublin ...

, but now renamed to Siedlce Governorate. Siedlce Governorate was abolished in 1912 and its territory was divided between

Łomża Governorate Łomża Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Łomża. History In 1867 territories of the Augustów Governorate and the Płock Governorate were divided ...

and the newly created Kholm Governorate.

Language

*By the Imperial census of 1897.Language Statistics of 1897
In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.

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