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'Baku Governorate' (Old Russian: Бакiнская губернiя) was one of the ''guberniyas'' of the Russian Empire, with its centre in Baku. Area (1897): 34,4000 sq. verstas, population (1897): 789,659^[1]. The only foreign border of the governorate was Persia, in the south.
The Governorate (Province) was established in 1846 as Shemakha Governorate, in place of several military precincts. After devastating [Shamakha] earthquake of 1859 it was decided to transfter the capital of the Province to Baku.On July 12, 1859 the name was changed accordingly. The coat of arms of the governorate was instituted on July 5, 1878^[2].
The division into 2 Provinces was preserved until the the establishment of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

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Administrative division

Known governors

References

Administrative division

Baku Governorate had six ''uyezds'' (in 1868 Nukha and Shusha uyezds were attached to Elisabethpol Governorate):

★ Baku

★ Quba (attached in 1860)

★ Shemakha

★ Geokchay

★ Dzhevat

★ Lenkaran

Known governors

★ Dmitriy Staroselskiy, 1867-1875

★ Valeriy Pozen, 1875-1882

★ Yustin Gyubsh fon Gronstal, March 24, 1882-January 8, 1888

★ Vladimir Rogge, January 21, 1888-June 1, 1899

★ Dmitriy Odintsov, June 18, 1899-February 1904

★ Mikhail Nakashidze, February 27, 1904-1905

★ Andrey Fadeyev, 1905

★ Vladimir Alyshevskiy, December 11, 1905-1915

★ Leo Potulov, 1916-1917.

References

★ Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

★ Герб Бакинской губернии