page_title: Taurida Governorate
section_title: Language
hierarchical_section_title: Taurida Governorate / Language
caption_attribution_description: English: Main ethnic groups in Tavricheskaya gubernia of Russian empire in 1897. Русский: Основные этнические группы Таврической губернии Российской империи согласно переписи населения 1897 г. Українська: Основні етнічні групи Таврійської губернії Росийської імперії згідно перепису населення 1897 р.
context_page_description: The Taurida Governorate or the Government of Taurida, was a historical governorate of the Russian Empire. It included the Crimean Peninsula and the mainland between the lower Dnieper River and the coasts of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. It was formed after the Taurida Oblast was abolished in 1802 in the course of Paul I's administrative reform of the South-Western territories that had been annexed from the Crimean Khanate. The governorate's centre was the city of Simferopol. The province was named after the ancient Greek name of Crimea - Taurida.
context_section_description: The Imperial census of 1897 found that the population of the governorate consisted of 1,447,790, with 762,804 male and 684,986 female.
  In 1897 289,316 people lived in the cities, constituting 19.98% of the total population. The ethnicities of the urban population were Russians (49.1%), Tatars (17.16%), and Jews (11.84%), with only 31 people living in cities who chose not to disclose their identity.
caption: The linguistic composition of the uyezds (povits) of Taurida in 1897.  Ukrainians in yellow, Russians in red, Crimean Tatars in green, Germans in gray, Yiddish speakers in blue, and others in purple. (in Ukrainian)
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