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'''Akmolinsk Oblast''' was an [[oblast]] (province) of the [[Russian Empire]]. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day northern [[Kazakhstan]] and the southern part of [[Omsk Oblast]] in Russia. It was formerly part of [[Kazakh khanate]]. It was created after the division of the Oblast of Siberia Krygyz into the oblasts Aqmola and [[Semirechye]] on 21 October 1868. Its center was [[Omsk]] and consisted of uzeys [[Astana|Akmolinsk]], [[Atbasar]], [[Kokshetau|Kokchetav]], Omsk and [[Petropavl]]ovsk. It bordered [[Tobolsk Governorate]] to the north, [[Semipalatinsk Oblast, Russia|Semipalatinsk Oblast]] to the east, [[Semirechye Oblast]] to the northeast, [[Syr-Darya Oblast]] to the south, [[Turgay Oblast (Russian Empire)|Turgay Oblast]] to the southwest and [[Orenburg Governorate]] to the northwest.

==Demographics==
As of 1897, 682,608 people populated the oblast. [[Kazakhs]] constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of [[Russians]] and [[Ukrainians]]. Total Turkic speaking were 438,889 (64,.%).

=== Ethnic groups in 1897<ref>http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=781</ref>===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! TOTAL
! 682,608
! 100%
|-
| [[Kazakhs]]
| 427,389
| 62.6%
|-
| [[Russians]]
| 174,292
| 25.5%
|-
| [[Ukrainians]]
| 51,103
| 7.5%
|-
| [[Tatars]]
| 10,819
| 1.6%
|-
|}

After the defeat of the White Army in the [[Russian Civil War]], it was renamed as [[Omsk Governorate]] on 3 January 1920.

==References==
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