Ural Oblast (Russian Empire)
{{Short description|Present-day western Kazakhstan}}
{{Infobox Former Subdivision
|native_name= Уральская область
|conventional_long_name = Ural Oblast
|common_name =
|subdivision = Oblast
|nation = the Russian Empire
|year_start = 1868
|date_start =
|year_end = 1920
|date_end = 12 October
|image_flag =
|image_coat = Coat of arms of Ural Oblast 1878.svg
|symbol_type = Coat of arms
|symbol =
|image_map = Map of Ural Oblast, 1913.gif
|image_map_caption = Map of Ural Oblast
|capital = Uralsk
|political_subdiv =
|stat_pop1 =
|stat_area1 =
|stat_year1 =
|today = Kazakhstan
Russia
Uzbekistan
}}
The Ural Oblast (Russian: Уральская область; Eng: Uralskaya Oblast) was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day western Kazakhstan. It was created out of the territories of the former Kazakh khanate.
Demographics
Ethnic groups in 1897
| class="wikitable" |
| TOTAL
! 645,121 ! 100% |
|---|
| Kazakhs
| 460,173 | 71,3% |
| Russians
| 160,894 | 24,9% |
| Tatars
| 17,809 | 2,8% |
References
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{{Divisions of the Russian Empire}}
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