Black Sea Governorate

The Black Sea Governorate (Russian: Черномо́рская губе́рния; Chernomorskaya Guberniya meaning Black-Sea Government), was one of the guberniyas of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire.

Black Sea Governorate
Черноморская губерния (Russian)
Governorate of the Russian Empire
1896–1918
Coat of arms

Area 
• 1897
7,346 km2 (2,836 sq mi)
Population 
• 1897
57,478
• 1916
178,306
History
History 
• Established
1896
• Disestablished
1918
Succeeded by
Black Sea Soviet Republic

It was established in 1896 on the territory of the Black Sea Okrug of Kuban Oblast. Its administrative center was Novorossiysk.

During 1905, the population of the governorate was about 70,000, and the area was 6,455 square versts (7,346 km2; 2,836 sq mi), making it the smallest Russian governorate by both measures.[1]

It ceased to exist when the Black Sea Soviet Republic was established during the springtime of 1918.

The governate's territory was included into the Kuban-Black Sea Oblast in March 1920.

Demographics

Caucasian Calendar of 1917

The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 178,306 residents in the Black Sea Governorate including 104,488 men and 73,818 women, 108,893 of whom were the permanent population, and 69,413 were temporary residents.[2]

Ethnoreligious groups in the Black Sea Governorate according to the 1917 Caucasian Calendar[2]
Okrug (district) Russians Other Europeans Georgians Armenians North Caucasians Other Asian Nationalities Gypsies Jews TOTAL
Orthodox Sectarian Christian Shia Muslim Sunni Muslim
Novorossiysk 60,814 388 10,202 0 1,109 494 8 363 0 0 1,643 75,021
81.1% 0.5% 13.6% 0.0% 1.5% 0.7% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 2.2% 100.0%
Sochi 31,755 68 9,327 6,086 14,111 754 0 680 54 12 73 62,920
50.5% 0.1% 14.8% 9.7% 22.4% 1.2% 0.0% 1.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 100.0%
Tuapse 26,896 0 1,824 0 2,839 2,856 5,331 528 14 0 77 40,365
66.6% 0.0% 4.5% 0.0% 7.0% 7.1% 13.2% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 100.0%
TOTAL 119,465 456 21,353 6,086 18,059 4,104 5,339 1,571 68 12 1,793 178,306
67.0% 0.3% 12.0% 3.4% 10.1% 2.3% 3.0% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 100.0%

References
  1. Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона. Черноморская губерния. Том 4. 1907. (Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, vol. 4. 1907.)
  2. Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). pp. 351–352.

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