Irkutsk Governorate

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.

Irkutsk Governorate Иркутская губерния (Russian)
Governorate of Russian Empire (1764–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1926)
1764–1926
Coat of arms
Irkutsk Governorate within the Russian Empire
Capital	Irkutsk
Area
•	743,480 km2 (287,060 sq mi)
Population
• 1897[1]	514,267
History
• Established	1764
• Disestablished	1926
Political subdivisions	Yakutsk Oblast
Preceded by Succeeded by Siberia Governorate Siberian Krai

Demographics

Population by spoken language in Irkutsk Governorate (1897)^[2][3]

Language	Native speakers	Percentage
Russian	375,997	73.1%
Buryat	108,867	21.2%
Yiddish	7,111	1.4%
Tatar	6,981	1.4%
Polish	3,864	0.8%
Yakut	2,734	0.5%
Ukrainian	2,177	0.4%
Tungusic	2,017	0.4%
Romani	1,094	0.2%
German	607	0.1%
Other languages	2.818	1.3%
Total	514,267	100.00