Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire

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The Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire was an administrative region in the empire’s western territories, encompassing much of present-day Ukraine and serving as a frontier area with significant ethnic, cultural, and political diversity.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeStatus grouping of several governorates of the Russian Empire ⓘ
borderRegionWith Central Europe ⓘ
characterizedBy cultural diversity ⓘ
ethnic diversity ⓘ
political diversity ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolvedWith collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917 ⓘ
economicRole agricultural region ⓘ
grain-producing area ⓘ
governedBy imperial Russian administration ⓘ
historicalRole frontier area of the Russian Empire ⓘ
zone of imperial expansion and consolidation ⓘ
includedEthnicGroup Belarusians ⓘ
Germans ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
Russians ⓘ
Tatars ⓘ
Ukrainians ⓘ
languageSituation multilingual region ⓘ
linkedToEvent Jewish pogroms in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
Polish uprisings in the western provinces ⓘ
rise of Ukrainian national movement ⓘ
locatedIn western territories of the Russian Empire ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Ukraine ⓘ
majorLanguage Polish ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
partOf Western Krai of the Russian Empire ⓘ
politicalSignificance area of Russification policies ⓘ
site of national movements ⓘ
zone of Polish–Russian rivalry ⓘ
religiousComposition Greek Catholics ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Orthodox Christians ⓘ
Roman Catholics ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
strategicImportance borderland between Russian Empire and Central Europe ⓘ
buffer zone against Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
successorTerritory Second Polish Republic ⓘ
Ukrainian People’s Republic ⓘ
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Ukraine
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nemyriv, Russian Empire → partOf → Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire ⓘ
Warsaw Governorate → partOf → Western Krai of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire
Taurida Governorate → partOf → Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire ⓘ
Southwestern Krai → partOf → western guberniyas of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire
Uman Uyezd → partOfHistoricalEntity → Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire ⓘ
Berdychiv Uyezd → partOfImperialStructure → Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire ⓘ
Kremenchuk Uyezd → partOf → Southwestern territories of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire
Chernigov Governorate → partOf → Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire ⓘ
Gorodok, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire → administrativeDivisionOf → Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire ⓘ