Płock_Governorate

Płock Governorate

Płock Governorate

1837–1915 unit of Poland

Płock Governorate[lower-alpha 1] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire.

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It was created in 1837 from the Płock Voivodship, and had the same borders and capital (Płock) as the voivodship. In 1867 territories of the Augustów Governorate and the Płock Governorate were divided into a smaller Płock Governorate, Suwałki Governorate (consisting mostly of the Augustów Governorate territories) and recreated Łomża Governorate.

The Governorate consisted of eight counties (uyezds):

  • Ciechanowski
  • Lipnowski
  • Mławski,
  • Płocki
  • Płoński
  • Przasnyski
  • Rypiński
  • Sierpecki

Language

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  • By the Imperial census of 1897.[2] In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
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References and notes

  1. [1]
    "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г." [The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897]. Demoscope Weekly (in Russian).
  2. [2]
    Language Statistics of 1897 (in Russian)
  3. [3]
    Languages, number of speakers which in all gubernia were less than 1000

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