Alexandrovsky Uyezd (Yekaterinoslav Governorate)
Alexandrovsky Uyezd (Russian: Александровский уезд) was one of the subdivisions of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Alexandrovsk (present-day Zaporizhia).
| Alexandrovsky Uyezd Олександрівський повіт | |||||||||||
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| Uyezd of the Russian Empire | |||||||||||
| 1805–1920 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Oleksandrivsk | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1897 | 26,420 km2 (10,200 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1897 | 271,678 | ||||||||||
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• Established | 1805 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1920 | ||||||||||
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| • Governorate | Katerynoslav | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Ukraine | ||||||||||
Demographics
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Alexandrovsky Uyezd had a population of 271,678. Of these, 82.5% spoke Ukrainian, 5.7% Russian, 5.2% German, 5.1% Yiddish, 1.2% Belarusian, 0.1% Polish and 0.1% Romani as their native language.[1]
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