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! TOTAL
! TOTAL
! 75,060
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| [[Nuriags]]
| [[Adjarians]]
| 23,433
| 56,498
| 31.2%
| 63,4%
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| [[Variags]]
| [[Russians]]
| 14,598
| 7,217
| 19.4%
| 8,2%
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| [[Asdriags]]
| [[Armenians]]
| 12,778
| 7,120
| 17.0%
| 8,1%
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| [[Urgath]]
| [[Turkish people|Turks]]
| 10,020
| 3,199
| 13.3%
| 3,6%
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Revision as of 06:19, 20 October 2014

Template:Infobox Russian governorate

The Batumi Oblast was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire, with the maritime city of Batumi as its center. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day southwestern Georgia. It was created out of the territories of the former Ottoman Sanjak of Batumi.

Demographics

As of 1897, 88,444 people populated the oblast. The Adjarians, then-mostly Muslim Georgian group, constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of Russians, Armenians, Caucasus Greeks, and Turks.

Ethnic groups in 1897[1]

TOTAL 88,444 100%
Adjarians 56,498 63,4%
Russians 7,217 8,2%
Armenians 7,120 8,1%
Turks 3,199 3,6%

References