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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = Семиреченская область<br>''Semirechyenskaya oblast'''
|conventional_long_name = Semirechye Oblast
|common_name = Semirechye Oblast
|subdivision = [[Oblasts of Russia|Oblast]]
|nation = [[Russian Empire|Russia]]
|status_text =
|capital = [[Alma-Ata|Verniy]]
|latd= |latm= |latNS= |longd= |longm= |longEW=
|year_start = 1854
|year_end = 1917
|event_start =
|date_start =
|event_end = [[October Revolution|Russian Revolution]]
|date_end =

|image_flag = Flag of Russia.svg
|image_coat = Coat_of_Arms_of_Semirechye_Province.png
|image_map =
|flag_type =
|flag = Flag of Russia
|p1 = Qing Dynasty
|flag_p1 = Flag_of_the_Qing_Dynasty_(1889-1912).svg
|p2 = Khanate of Kokand
|flag_p2 = Bandera de Kokand.svg
|s1 = Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
|flag_s1 = Flag of Russian SFSR (1918-1937).svg
|s2 = Turkestan ASSR
|flag_s2 = Flag of Turkestan ASSR (1919-1921).svg
|today = {{flag|Kazakhstan}}<br>{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
}}
[[File:Gerb_of_Pishpek_1908.png|Сoat of arms of [[Pishpek]]|thumb|right]]The '''Semirechye Oblast''' ({{lang-ru|Семиреченская область}}, literally "Seven Rivers land") was an [[oblast]] (province) of the [[Russian Empire]]. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day southeastern [[Kazakhstan]] and northeastern [[Kyrgyzstan]]. It was created out of the territories of the northern part of [[Khanate of Kokand]] that had been part of [[Kazakh Khanate]]. Its center was Verniy, now [[Almaty]]. It was founded in 1854 and was ruled as part of [[Governor-Generalship of the Steppes]] (before 1882 it was known as Governor-Generalship of the Western Siberia) between 1854 and 1867 and again between 1882 and 1899 and part of [[Russian Turkistan]] between 1867 and 1882 and again between 1899 and 1917. Russia seized the [[Zhetysu]] region in 1854<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Atlas of the 19th Century World, 1783-1914|url=|year=1998|publisher=Barnes & Noble Books|isbn=978-0-7607-3203-8|page=5.19}}</ref> and control over the region was recognized in the [[Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881)]] between Russia and [[Qing Dynasty|China]].

== Administrative division ==
As of 1897, the Semirechye Oblast was divided into 6 [[uyezd]]s:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Uyezd
! Uyezd city (pop.)
! Area, <br /> sq [[verst]]a
! Population<ref name=demoscope>[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_gub_97.php?reg=85 demoscope.ru] 1897 census results.</ref>
|-
| Verniy
| [[Almaty|Verniy]] (22,744)
| style="text-align:right" |58330
| style="text-align:right" |223,883
|-
| Dzharkent
| [[Zharkent|Dzharkent]] (16,094)
| style="text-align:right" |5160
| style="text-align:right" |122,636
|-
| Kopal
| [[Qapal|Kopal]] (6,183)
| style="text-align:right" |69100
| style="text-align:right" |136,421
|-
| Lepsinsk
| [[Lepsi]]nsk (3,230)
| style="text-align:right" |87080
| style="text-align:right" |180,829
|-
| Pishpek
| [[Bishkek|Pishpek]] (6,615)
| style="text-align:right" |80480
| style="text-align:right" |176,577
|-
| Przhevalsk
| [[Karakol|Przhevalsk]] (8,108)
| style="text-align:right" |47760
| style="text-align:right" |147,517
|}

==Demographics==
As of 1897, 987,863 people populated the oblast. [[Kazakhs]] constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of [[Russians]] and [[Taranchi]]. Total Turkic speaking were 878,209 (88,9%).

=== Ethnic groups in 1897===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! TOTAL
! 987,863
! 100%
|-
| [[Kazakhs]]
| 794,815
| 80,5%
|-
| [[Russians]]
| 76,839
| 7,8%
|-
| [[Taranchi]]
| 55,999
| 6,2%
|-
| [[Sart]]
| 14,895
| 1,5%
|-
| [[Chinese people|Chinese]]
| 14.130
| 1,4%
|-
|}
<ref>[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=856 demoscope.ru] 1897 census results, languages</ref>

==See also==
*[[Russian Turkestan]]
*[[Semirechye Cossacks]]
*[[Zhetysu]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Divisions of the Russian Empire}}

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[[Category:Oblasts of the Russian Empire]]
[[Category:History of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:History of Kyrgyzstan]]
[[Category:Semirechye Oblast]]

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