Fergana Oblast
Ферганская область (Russian) | |
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 Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in the Russian Empire as of 1914 | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Governorate-General | Turkestan |
| Established | 1876 |
| Abolished | 1917 |
| Capital | Skobelev (modern-day Fergana) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 160,141 km2 (61,831 sq mi) |
| Population (1897) | |
| • Total | 1,572,214 |
| • Density | 9.8/km2 (25/sq mi) |
The Fergana Oblast[a] was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day Fergana Valley. It was created in 1876 when the territories of the former Khanate of Kokand were annexed to Russia (except for the oblasts of Syr-Darya Oblast and Semirechye Oblast, which were part of the khanate before Russian conquest between 1853 and 1865). Its administrative center was the city of Skobelev (which is in modern-day Fergana).
The Oblast was disbanded after the Russian Revolution and on April 30, 1918 the region became a part of the Turkestan ASSR.
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