Stavropol Governorate
The Stavropol Governorate was a governorate of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day Stavropol Krai. It was created in 1847 out of the territories of Caucasian peoples and disbanded in Russian SFSR in 1924.Demographics
As of 1897, 873,301 people populated the oblast. Russians constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of Ukrainians. Total Slavic population was 804,153Ethnic groups in 1897[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=476]
| TOTAL | 873,301 | 100% |
| Russians | 482,495 | 55,2% |
| Ukrainians | 319,817 | 36,6% |
| Nogais | 19,651 | 2,3% |
| Caucasian Turkmens | 14,896 | 1,7% |
| Kalmyks | 10,814 | 1,2% |
| Germans | 8,601 | 1% |
| Armenians | 5,385 | 0,6% |
