Radom Governorate

Radom Governorate^[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire.

Radom Governorate Радомская губерния Gubernia radomska
Governorate of Congress Poland
1844–1915
Coat of arms
Location in the Russian Empire
Capital	Radom
Area
•	11,578 km2 (4,470 sq mi)
Population
• 1897[1]	814,947
History
• Established	1844
• Disestablished	1915
Preceded by Succeeded by Sandomierz Governorate Government General of Warsaw

Map. Light green for pre-1866 borders, dark green post-1866.

History

It was created in 1844 from the merger of the Sandomierz Governorate with Kielce Governorate. Its capital was in Radom (previously a capital of the Sandomierz Governorate).

It was divided into 8 powiats: Kielce, Miechów, Olkusz, Opatów, Opoczno, Radom and Sandomierz.

In 1866 the Kielce Governorate was once again made an independent entity, and thus split off from the Radom Governorate.

Language

• By the Imperial census of 1897.^[2] In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.

Language	Number	percentage (%)	males	females
Polish	681 061	83.57	336 398	344 663
Yiddish	112 123	13.75	54 524	57 599
Russian	9 581	1.17	7 969	1 612
German	8 755	1.07	4 381	4 374
Ukrainian	1 642	0.2	1 548	94
Romanian	1 343	0.42	1 343	0
Other[3]	430	>0.01	430	154
Persons that didn't name their native language	12	>0.01	10	2
Total	814 947	100	406 449	408 498

Notes

1. • Russian: Радомская Губерния, romanized: Radomskaya guberniya
   • Polish: Gubernia radomska