Irkutsk Governorate
| Irkutsk Governorate | |||||||||
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| Governorate of Russian Empire (1764–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1926) | |||||||||
| 1764–1926 | |||||||||
Irkutsk Governorate within the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Irkutsk | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 743,480 km2 (287,060 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1897 | 514,267 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1764 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1926 | ||||||||
| Political subdivisions | Yakutsk Oblast | ||||||||
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Irkutsk Governorate (Russian: Иркутская губерния, romanized: Irkutskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, located in Siberia. It existed from 1764 to 1926; its seat was in the city of Irkutsk.