Irkutsk Governorate

Irkutsk Governorate
Иркутская губерния (Russian)
Governorate of Russian Empire (1764–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1926)
1764–1926
Coat of arms of Irkutsk
Coat of arms

Irkutsk Governorate within the Russian Empire
CapitalIrkutsk
Area 
• 
743,480 km2 (287,060 sq mi)
Population 
• 1897[1]
514,267
History 
• Established
1764
• Disestablished
1926
Political subdivisionsYakutsk Oblast
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Siberia Governorate
Siberian Krai

Irkutsk Governorate (Russian: Иркутская губерния, romanizedIrkutskaya 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.

  1. ^ "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г." [The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897]. Demoscope Weekly (in Russian).