Samarkand Oblast
Samarkand Oblast
Самаркандская область | |
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Location in the Russian Empire | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Governorate-General | Turkestan |
| Established | 1887 |
| Abolished | 1919 |
| Capital | Samarkand |
| Area | |
• Total | 68,962 km2 (26,626 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 4,643 m (15,233 ft) |
| Population (1897) | |
• Total | 860,021 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 15.73% |
| • Rural | 94.27% |
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The Samarkand Oblast was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire between 1887 and 1924. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day central Uzbekistan and northwestern Tajikistan. It was created out of the northeastern part of the Emirate of Bukhara. It consisted of the uyezds of Samarkand (incl. cities Samarkand and Pendzhikent), Dzhizak (incl. city Dzhizak), Katta-Kurgan (incl. city Katta-Kurgan) and Khodzhent (incl. cities Khodzhent and Uratyube).