Kuban oblast

The Kuban oblast was a province (oblast) of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of the Kuban and Circassia regions. It was created in 1860 out of Kuban Cossack territories that had once been part of the Crimean Khanate and the land of the Circassians. It was dissolved upon the assumption of supreme authority by the Kuban Rada in 1917 and the independence of the Kuban People's Republic in 1918. Its capital was the city of Yekaterinodar (present-day Krasnodar).

Kuban oblast
Кубанская область
Administrative map of the Kuban Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
Established1860
Abolished1917
CapitalYekaterinodar
(present-day Krasnodar)
Area
  Total94,783.07 km2 (36,595.95 sq mi)
Highest elevation5,642 m (18,510 ft)
Population
 (1916)
  Total3,022,683
  Density32/km2 (83/sq mi)
  Urban
9.52%
  Rural
90.48%
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