Akmolinsk Oblast (Russian Empire)

Akmolinsk Oblast Акмолинская область (Russian)
Oblast of the Russian Empire
1868–1920
Coat of arms
Map of Akmolinsk Oblast
Capital	Omsk
History
• Established	21 October 1868
• Disestablished	3 January 1920
Preceded by Succeeded by Oblast of Siberian Kirghiz Tobolsk Governorate Omsk Governorate
Today part of	Kazakhstan Russia

Akmolinsk Oblast (Russian: Акмо́линская область) was an Oblast (province) of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day northern Kazakhstan and the southern part of Omsk Oblast in Russia. It was formerly part of Kazakh khanate. It was created after the division of the Siberian Kirghiz into the oblasts Akmolinsk and Semirechensk on 21 October 1868. Its center was Omsk and consisted of uezds of Akmolinsk, Atbasar, Kokchetav, Omsk and Petropavlovsk. It bordered Tobolsk Governorate to the north, Semipalatinsk Oblast to the east, Semirechye Oblast to the northeast, Syr-Darya Oblast to the south, Turgay Oblast to the southwest and Orenburg Governorate to the northwest.

Demographics

As of 1897, 682,608 people populated the oblast. Kazakhs constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of Russians and Ukrainians. Total Turkic speaking were 438,889 (64.2%).

Ethnic groups in 1897

TOTAL	682,608	100%
Kazakhs	427,389	62.6%
Russians	174,292	25.5%
Ukrainians	51,103	7.5%
Tatars	10,819	1.6%

After the defeat of the White Army in the Russian Civil War, it was renamed as Omsk Governorate on 3 January 1920.