Baku Governorate

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administrative division governorate of the Russian Empire

Baku Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and later the early Soviet state, centered on the city of Baku in the South Caucasus region.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Baku Okrug 1
Baku Uyezd of the Shamakhi Governorate 1
Baku oil fields 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
governorate of the Russian Empire ⓘ
borderedBy Caspian Sea ⓘ
Dagestan ⓘ
surface form: Dagestan Oblast

Elisavetpol Governorate ⓘ
Tiflis Governorate ⓘ
capital Baku ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
economicActivity oil extraction ⓘ
oil refining ⓘ
trade ⓘ
establishedBy Russian Empire ⓘ
ethnicGroup Armenians ⓘ
Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Lezgins ⓘ
Russians ⓘ
followedBy Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
Baku Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Baku Okrug
governmentType imperial governorate administration ⓘ
hadSubdivision Baku Uyezd ⓘ
Geokchay Uyezd ⓘ
Javad Uyezd ⓘ
Lankaran Uyezd ⓘ
Quba Uyezd ⓘ
Shamakhi Uyezd ⓘ
Zakatal Okrug ⓘ
surface form: Zakatala Okrug
historicalEra Russian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Russia

early Soviet period ⓘ
knownFor Baku Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Baku oil fields
language Russian ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Azerbaijan ⓘ
locatedInRegion South Caucasus ⓘ
locatedOn western shore of the Caspian Sea ⓘ
majorCity Baku ⓘ
Petrovsk-Port ⓘ
namedAfter Baku ⓘ
surface form: city of Baku
partOf Caucasus Viceroyalty ⓘ
Caucasus Viceroyalty ⓘ
surface form: Caucasus administrative region of the Russian Empire

South Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Transcaucasia
precededBy Baku Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Baku Uyezd of the Shamakhi Governorate
religion Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Islam ⓘ
subdivisionType uyezd ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elisavetpol Governorate → borderedBy → Baku Governorate ⓘ
Jevanshir uezd → borderedBy → Baku Governorate ⓘ
Baku Governorate → followedBy → Baku Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baku Okrug
Caucasus Viceroyalty → hasPart → Baku Governorate ⓘ
Baku Governorate → knownFor → Baku Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baku oil fields
Nadezhda Alliluyeva → placeOfBirth → Baku Governorate ⓘ
Baku Governorate → precededBy → Baku Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baku Uyezd of the Shamakhi Governorate