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The '''Semipalatinsk Oblast''' ({{lang-ru|Семипалатинская область}}) was an [[oblast]] (province) of the [[Russian Empire]] and the early [[Russian SFSR]]. From 1882 to 1917 it was part of the [[Governor-Generalship of the Steppes]]. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day northeastern [[Kazakhstan]]. It was created out of the territories of the former [[Kazakh Khanate]].

==Demographics==
As of 1897, 684,590 people populated the oblast. [[Kazakhs]] constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of [[Russians]] and [[Tatars]]. Total Turkic speaking were 614,999(89,8%).

===Ethnic groups in 1897===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! TOTAL
! 684,590
! 100%
|-
| [[Kazakhs]]
| 604,564
| 88,3%
|-
| [[Russians]]
| 65,062
| 9,5%
|-
| [[Tatars]]
| 9,940
| 1,5%
|-
|}
''Source'':<ref>http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=837</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Oblasts of the Russian Empire]]
[[Category:History of Kazakhstan]]