Fergana Oblast


The Fergana Oblast was an oblast of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day Fergana Valley. It was created in 1876 when the territories of the former Khanate of Kokand were annexed to Russia. Its administrative center was the city of Kokand.
The Oblast was disbanded after the Russian Revolution and on April 30, 1918 the region became a part of the Turkestan ASSR.

Administrative division

As of 1897, the Fergana Oblast was divided into 5 uyezds:
UyezdUyezd city Area,
sq versta		Population
MargelanNovy Margelan 14069.1321,860
AndizhanAndizhan 13333.2360,267
KokandKokand 13212.6364,658
NamanganNamangan 15273.4363,789
OshOsh 65252.7161,640

Demographics

As of 1897, 1,572,214 people populated the oblast. Turkic speaking Sarts constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of Kyrgyz and Tajiks. Total Turkic speaking were 1.439,989.

Ethnic groups in 1897http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=930

TOTAL1,572,214100%
Sarts788,98950,2%
Unspecified Turkic dialects261,23416,6%
Kyrgyz201,57912,8%
Uzbeks153,7809,8%
Tajiks114,0817,3%
Uyghurs14,9150,9%
Karakalpaks11,0560,7%
Russians8,1400,5%
Kipchak7,5840,5%
Jews1,378...