Voronezh Governorate

The government Voronezh (Russian Воронежская губерния ) was an administrative unit of the Russian Empire. It bordered (from north clockwise ) to the following administrative units: Government Tambov, Saratov province, Oblast of the Don Army, Governorate Kharkov, Kursk and Oryol province.

It had an area of ​​65,895 km ². Capital was Voronezh.

It was founded in 1779 as governorship and converted by Paul I in 1796 in a province. It existed until 1928 when it went up in the Central Chernozem Oblast.

It was divided into the following Ujesdy (circles):

• Birjutsch
• Bobrow
• Boguchar
• Korotojak
• Nischnedewizk
• Nowochopjorsk
• Ostrogozhsk
• Pavlovsk
• Zadonsk
• Semljansk
• Waluiki
• Voronezh

Statistics

According to the results of the 1897 census, the province had 2,531,253 inhabitants. Of these, 1,602,948 were Great Russians and Ukrainians 915 883 ( Little Russians ). There were also smaller groups of Belarusians, Jews, Germans and Poles.

The main economic activities were agriculture and cattle breeding. The harvest yielded 1905 tons: 219 760 wheat, rye 398 454, 70 307 barley, millet 50 577, 125 640 oats, potatoes 211 593. Will be built further hemp, tobacco and sugar beet. Also fruit and vegetable there was. In horse breeding, the government was in Russia in the first place. Riverside Bitjug load horses that name and bred in the great state stud of Chrenowskoje trotter. The sheep lost in the early 20th century in importance. 1900 were counted 528,000 horses, 824,000 head of cattle, 1,840,000 sheep ( including 250,000 fine wool ), 288,000 pigs and 30,000 goats. The industry was represented in 1900 by 4649 establishments with 17,295 workers and 19.1 million rubles production value. Most important were distillery, flour milling, sugar production and oil brawl.