Black Sea Governorate

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The Black Sea Governorate (Russian: Черномо́рская губе́рния), also known as Chernomore or the Black Sea Government, was an administrative division (a guberniya) of the Russian Empire in the Caucasus.

It was established in 1896 on the territory of Black Sea Okrug of Kuban Oblast. Its administrative center was Novorossiysk.

In 1905, the population of the governorate was about 70,000 and the area—6,475 square versts (7,369 km²/2,845 sq mi), making it the smallest Russian governorate by both measures.[1] Its population included Russians, Abkhazians, and Georgians.[2]

The governorate was dissolved in December 1920 and its territory was included into the newly formed Kuban-Black Sea Oblast.

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  1. ^ Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона. Черноморская губерния. Том 4. 1907. (Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, vol. 4. 1907.)
  2. ^ http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/rotunda/2209/Caucasia.html