Turgai was an oblast (province) in Imperial Russia, established on October 21, 1868. It was located in the central part of present-day Kazakhstan.
Governors
The chief authority of the Oblast was a military governor. The military governors of Turgay Oblast were: • 1869-1877 Lev Fyodorovich Balluzek (Louis Heinrich von Balluseck); • 1877-1878 Alexander Konstantinovich Geynts (Heinz); • 1878-1883 Alexander Petrovich Konstantinovich; • 1883-1887 Alexander Petrovich Protsenko; • 1887-1899 Yakov Feodorovich Barabash; • 1900-1908 Asinkrit Asinkritovich Lomachevsky; • 1908-1910 Ivan Mikhaylovich Strakhovsky; • 1910-1917 Mikhail Mikhaylovich Eversman. ==Demographics==
Demographics
As of 1897, 453,416 people populated the oblast. Kazakhs constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of Russians. Total Turkic speaking were 415,829 (91,7%). Ethnic groups in 1897 ==Administrative division==