| Kalisz Governorate Калишская губерния Gubernia kaliska | |||||||||
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| Governorate of Congress Poland | |||||||||
| 1867–1915 | |||||||||
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.svg) Location in the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Kalish | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 11,336.6 km2 (4,377.1 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1897[1] | 840,597 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1867 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1915 | ||||||||
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Kalisz Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) ofCongress Poland of theRussian Empire.
It was created in 1837 from theKalisz Voivodeship, and had the same borders and centre (Kalisz) as thevoivodeship.
The Reform of 1844 merged the governorate into the largerWarsaw Governorate, until the 1867 reform which reversed those changes and recreated the Kalisz Governorate.
The Kalisz Governorate was divided into 8 counties.List of counties:
| Language | Total | Percentage | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polish | 705 400 | 83.91% | 345 348 | 360 052 |
| Yiddish | 64 193 | 7.63% | 30 941 | 33 252 |
| German | 61 482 | 7.31% | 30 289 | 31 193 |
| Russian | 7 451 | 0.88% | 5 985 | 1 466 |
| Ukrainian | 1 429 | 0.16% | 1 391 | 38 |
| Other[3] | 618 | <0.1% | 521 | 97 |
| No native language named | 22 | <0.01% | 11 | 11 |
| Total | 840 597 | 100% | 414 488 | 426 109 |
| 1816–1837 voivodeships |  | |
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| 1837–1844 governorates | ||
| 1844–1867 governorates | ||
| 1867–1914 governorates | ||
 Governorates of theVistula Land (1867–1914) | |
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