Ufa Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya ) of the Russian Empire with its capital in the city of Ufa . It was created in 1865 by separation from Orenburg Governorate . On June 14, 1922 the governorate was transformed into the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic . It occupied an area of 122,005 square kilometres (47,106 sq mi) and the territory of governorate was divided to six uyezds .
1-505: According to the 1865 data, the population of Ufa Governorate was 1,291,018. According to the 1897 Census it was 2,220,497; urban population was 48.9%. Bashkir people constituted 41% of total population; Russian people: 38%; Tatar people : 8.4%; Mari people : 3.7%; Chuvash people : 2.8%; Mordvins : 1.7%. Arable lands was about 35% of the governorate's total area. Industry was based on mining and metalworking; there were also food, clothing and timber industries. Ufa Governorate consisted of
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