Fergana Oblast

 ( Oblasts Of The Russian Empire ) 

The Fergana Oblast was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day Fergana Valley. It was created in 1876 when the territories of the former Khanate of Kokand were annexed to Russia (except for the oblasts of Syr-Darya Oblast and Jetisu, which were part of the khanate before Russian conquest between 1853 and 1865). Its administrative center was the city of Skobelev (which is in modern-day Fergana).

The Oblast was disbanded after the Russian Revolution and on April 30, 1918 the region became a part of the Turkestan ASSR.

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Administrative division As of 1897, the Fergana Oblast was divided into 5 :

Fergana	Fergana (8,928)	14,069.1	321,860
Andizhan	Andijan (47,627)	13,333.2	360,267
Kokand	Kokand (81,354)	13,212.6	364,658
Namangan	Namangan (62,017)	15,273.4	363,789
Osh	Osh (34,157)	65,252.7	161,640

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Demographics As of 1897, 1,572,214 people populated the oblast. Turkified (a name used for Tajiks) constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities included Kyrgyz people and Tajiks. The total Turkic-speaking population numbered 1,439,989 (91.6% of the total population of the oblast).

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Ethnic groups in 1897

	788,989	50.2%
Unspecified Turkic dialects	261,234	16.6%
Kyrgyz people	201,579	12.8%
Uzbeks	153,780	9.8%
Tajiks	114,081	7.3%
Uyghurs	14,915	0.9%
Karakalpaks	11,056	0.7%
Russians	8,140	0.5%
Kipchak people	7,584	0.5%
Jews	1,378	...

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