Piotrków Governorate

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Петроковская губерния

Piotrków Governorate (Russian: Петроковская губерния; Polish: Gubernia piotrkowska) was an administrative unit (governorate) of the Congress Poland. Its capital was in Piotrków Trybunalski.

Coat of Arms of Piotrków gubernia (Russian empire)

History[]

It was created in 1867, split off from parts of Radom and Warsaw Governorates. It consisted of uzeyds of Będzin, Częstochowa, Radomsko and Łódź.

Language[]

  • By the Imperial census of 1897.[1] In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
Language Number percentage (%) males females
Polish 1 011 928 72.07 497 412 514 516
Yiddish 213 562 15.21 104 914 108 648
German 148 765 10.59 72 445 76 320
Russian 19 232 1.36 14 938 4 294
Czech 4 987 0.35 2 563 2 424
Ukrainian 2 723 0.19 2 622 101
Other[2] 2 614 0.18 2 153 461
Persons
that didn't name
their native language 		90 >0.01 49 41
Total 1 403 901 100 697 096 706 805

References and notes[]

  1. ^ Language Statistics of 1897 (in Russian)
  2. ^ Languages, number of speakers which in all gubernia were less than 1000

Further reading[]

  • William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire: Piotrkov", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook – via Open Library

Coordinates: 51°24′18″N 19°41′36″E / 51.405033°N 19.693289°E / 51.405033; 19.693289

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