| Piotrków Governorate Петроковская губерния Gubernia piotrkowska | |||||||||
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| Governorate of Congress Poland | |||||||||
| 1867–1915 | |||||||||
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.svg) Location in the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Petrokov | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 12,249.4 km2 (4,729.5 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1897[1] | 1,403,901 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1867 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1915 | ||||||||
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Piotrków Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) ofCongress Poland of theRussian Empire, established in 1867 by splitting some areas ofRadom andWarsaw Governorates. Its capital was in Petrokov (Piotrków Trybunalski).
It was created in 1867, split off from parts ofRadom andWarsaw Governorates. It consisted of the uzeyds ofBędzin,Częstochowa,Radomsko andŁódź.
| 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[3] | 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 |
51°24′18″N19°41′36″E / 51.405033°N 19.693289°E /51.405033; 19.693289
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