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{{Short description|Oblast of the Russian Empire}}
{{Italic title|string=oblast}}
| name = Batum Oblast▼
{{Infobox settlement
| area_total_km2 = 6,975.65▼
| established_date = 1873
| established_title = Established▼
| extinct_date = 3 March 1918
|
| total_type = Total▼
| native_name_lang = ru▼
| image_map = Batum Oblast ATD.png
| image_shield = Coat of arms of Batum Oblast 1881.svg
| mapsize = 220px
|
{{coord|41|38|45|N|41|38|30|E|type:admin2_region:GE|display=title,inline}}▼
▲| established_title = Established
|
| subdivision_type = Country▼
▲| area_total_km2 = 6,975.65
| subdivision_name = [[Russian Empire]]▼
| subdivision_type1 = [[List of viceroyalties of the Russian Empire|Viceroyalty]]▼
| native_name = Батумская область
▲| native_name_lang = ru
| subdivision_name1 = [[Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)|Caucasus]]▼
| population_as_of = 1916
| population_density_km2 = auto▼
| population_total = 122,811
| population_urban = 22.02%
▲| population_density_km2 = auto
| seat = Batum<br>(present-day [[Batumi]])
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▲| population_urban = 22.02%
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▲| subdivision_name1 = [[Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)|Caucasus]]
▲| subdivision_type = Country
▲| subdivision_type1 = [[List of viceroyalties of the Russian Empire|Viceroyalty]]
▲| total_type = Total
}}
The '''Batum
==History==
The Batum
According to the [[Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]], the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]] ceded the Batum Oblast to the Ottoman Empire, however, the [[Transcaucasian Seim]], the authority in [[Transcaucasia]] by 1918, rejected the treaty, opting to negotiate with the Ottoman Empire on its own terms. Such action led to the former's dissolution and the subsequent [[Treaty of Batum]], which resulted in the inevitable reannexation of Batum to the Ottoman Empire.
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After the [[Armistice of Mudros|Mudros Armistice]], in which the Ottoman Empire was forced to withdraw its troops from the territories of the former [[Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)|Russian Transcaucasus]] including Batum, [[British Army|British troops]] under the [[27th Division (United Kingdom)|27th Division]] occupied the district to support the British military presence in the Transcaucasus, and to serve as a terminal for supplying [[Anton Denikin|Denikin's]] [[Volunteer Army]].
The Batum Oblast was finally evacuated by the British in the summer of
== Administrative divisions ==
The districts (''[[okrug]]s''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Population
!
|-
!1897
!1916
|-
|[[Artvin okrug]] ({{Lang|ru|Артвинский округ}})
|[[Artvin Okrug|Artvin]]▼
|[[Artvin]]
| align="right" |56,140
| align="right" |37,414
|{{Convert|2875.06|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}}
|-
|[[Batumi okrug]] ({{Lang|ru|Батумский округ}})
|Batum ([[Batumi]])
| align="right" |88,444
| align="right" |85,397
|{{Convert|3254.05|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}}
|}
==Demographics==
=== Russian Empire
According to the [[Russian Empire Census
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Linguistic composition of the Batum
!Language
!Native speakers
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| align="right" |0.26
|-
|[[
| align="right" |356
| align="right" |0.25
|-
|Tatar{{Caucasian Tatars}}
| align="right" |355
| align="right" |0.25
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|}
===
According to the 1917 publication of
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |Nationality
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| align="right" |12.37
|-
|[[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslims]]{{Efn|Primarily Turco-Tatars.{{sfn|Hovannisian|1971|p=67}}}}
| align="right" |75
| align="right" |0.28
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| align="right" |11.68
|-
|[[Russians]]
| align="right" |5,042
| align="right" |18.66
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| align="right" |0.79
|-
|[[Shia Muslims]]{{Efn|Primarily Tatars.{{sfn|Hovannisian|1971|p=67}}}}
| align="right" |529
| align="right" |1.96
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== See also ==
* [[Batum Okrug]]
* [[Kars Oblast]]
* [[Treaty of San Stefano]]▼
* [[Treaty of Berlin (1878)]]
▲* [[Treaty of San Stefano]]
== Notes ==
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{{reflist}}
== Bibliography ==
{{Georgia-hist-stub}}▼
{{Refbegin}}
*{{Cite Armenia and Imperial Decline}}
*{{Cite The Republic of Armenia Volume 1}}
*{{Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1917}}
*{{Cite Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus}}
{{Refend}}
{{Subdivisions of the Russian Empire}}
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