Kholm Governorate (Russian Empire)
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Kholm Governorate[lower-alpha 1] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Kholm (Chełm).
Kholm Governorate Холмская губерния | |||||||||||||
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Governorate of the Russian Empire | |||||||||||||
1913–1918 | |||||||||||||
Location in the Russian Empire | |||||||||||||
Capital | Kholm | ||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
• | 10,460 km2 (4,040 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• | 912,000 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Creation of Kholm Governorate | 8 September 1913 | ||||||||||||
1916 | |||||||||||||
1918 | |||||||||||||
1918 | |||||||||||||
11 November 1918 | |||||||||||||
Political subdivisions | Governorates of the Russian Empire | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Poland |
It was created from the eastern parts of Siedlce Governorate and Lublin Governorate in 1912. It was separated from Privislinsky Krai and joined to Kiev General Governorate as "core Russian territory", as a precaution in case the territories of Privislinsky Krai should be taken from the Russian Empire in an upcoming war. Another reason for this administrative change was to facilitate Russification and conversion of the non-Eastern Orthodox Christians.[1]
According to Russian statistical sources for 1914, while the area of the governorate was 10,460 square kilometres (4,040 sq mi), it was inhabited by approximately 912,095 inhabitants of whom about 50% were Little Russians (the name used for Ukrainians), 30% Poles, and 16% Jews.[2] However, during the Great Retreat in the summer of 1915, the Russian command gave orders to evacuate the population of the governorate. Due to that policy, about 2/3 of the Ukrainian population was deported to the Russian Empire in June–July 1915. The deported population reached some 300,000 people and thus significantly changed the national composition of the region.