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Revision as of 21:42, 18 April 2017

ბათუმის ობლასტი
Батумская область
Batumi Oblast
Oblast of Russian Empire
1878–1918
Coat of arms of Batumi Oblast
Coat of arms
File:Gubernias del Caucaso - Oblast de Batumi - Imperio Ruso.png
CapitalBatumi
Area 
• 1897
61,092 km2 (23,588 sq mi)
Population 
• 1897
144,584
History 
• Treaty of San Stefano
20 September 1878
12 June
17 March
• Proclamation of PNGSC
1918
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Trebizond Vilayet
Provisional National Government of the Southwestern Caucasus

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 (occupied by the Ottomans since the late 16th century).

Demographics

As of 1897, the total population of the Batumsky and Artvinsky Okrugs, which would later form the Batumi Oblast, was 144,584. Kartvelians, including primarily the Adjarians, then-mostly Muslim Georgian group, constituted 43.5% of the population. Turks constituted the second largest group at 30.8% and were mostly concentrated in the Artvin area (today the Artvin Province of Turkey due to the Treaty of Kars). Significant minorities included Armenians, Russians, and Caucasus Greeks.

Ethnic groups in 1897[1]

TOTAL 144,584 100%
Kartvelians 63,012 43,5%
Turks 44,667 30,8%
Armenians 14,939 10,3%
Russians 7,532 5,2%
Greeks 4,717 3,2%

References

  1. ^ Includes population figures for the Batumsky and Artvinsky Okrugs, which would form the Batumi Oblast by 1917. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". Demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2017-04-18. and "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". Demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2017-04-18.

41°38′45″N 41°38′30″E / 41.6458°N 41.6417°E / 41.6458; 41.6417