Tambov Governorate
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Tambov Governorate had a population of 2,684,030. Of these, 95.5% spoke Russian, 3.3% Mordvin, 0.6% Tatar, 0.2% Ukrainian, 0.1% Belarusian, 0.1% Yiddish and 0.1% Polish as their native language.