Turgai (also spelled Turgay or Turgaj) was an
oblast
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(province) in Imperial Russia, established on October 21, 1868. It was located in the central part of present-day
Kazakhstan
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.
Its land area was . The site of administration was located in
Orenburg
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, outside the borders of the oblast, since there was no town within it suitable for accommodation of the administration.
Governors
The chief authority of the Oblast was a military governor. The military governors of Turgay Oblast were:
* 1869-1877 Lev Fyodorovich Balluzek (Louis Heinrich von Balluseck);
* 1877-1878 Alexander Konstantinovich Geynts (Heinz);
* 1878-1883 Alexander Petrovich Konstantinovich;
* 1883-1887 Alexander Petrovich Protsenko;
* 1887-1899 Yakov Feodorovich Barabash;
* 1900-1908 Asinkrit Asinkritovich Lomachevsky;
* 1908-1910 Ivan Mikhaylovich Strakhovsky;
* 1910-1917 Mikhail Mikhaylovich Eversman.
Demographics
As of 1897, 453,416 people populated the oblast.
Kazakhs
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constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of
Russians
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. Total Turkic speaking were 415,829 (91,7%).
Ethnic groups in 1897
Administrative division
Turgay Oblast consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses):
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Aktyubinsky Uyezd Aktyubinsky Uyezd (''Актюбинский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Turgay Oblast of the Russian Empire
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Aktyubinsk
Aktobe (, ; ) is a major city located on the Ilek River in western Kazakhstan. It serves as the administrative center of the Aktobe Region and is an important cultural, economic, and industrial hub in the region. As of 2023, the city has a popul ...
)
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Irgizsky Uyezd Irgizsky Uyezd (''Ирги́зский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Turgay Oblast of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the oblast. Its administrative centre was Irgiz ( Yrgyz).
Demographics
At the ti ...
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Irgiz)
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Kustanaysky Uyezd (
Kustanay
Kostanay or Qostanai (, , rus, Костанай, p=kəstɐˈnaj) is a city located on the Tobol River in northern Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of the Kostanay Region. As of 24 March 2022, the city's governor is Marat Zhundubayev ...
)
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Turgaysky Uyezd (Turgay)
References
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{{Subdivisions of the Russian Empire
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