Stavropol Governorate

Stavropol Governorate
Ставропольская губерния
Governorate of Russian Empire (1847–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1924)
1847–1924
Coat of arms of Stavropol
Coat of arms

Location within the Russian Empire
CapitalStavropol
Area 
• 
60,600 km2 (23,400 sq mi)
Population 
• 1897[1]
873,301
History 
• Established
1847
• Disestablished
1924
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Caucasus Governorate
Kuban Oblast
Stavropol Soviet Republic

Stavropol Governorate (Russian: Ставропольская губерния, romanizedStavropol'skaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day Stavropol Krai. It was created in 1847 and disbanded in 1924.

  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).