Ardatovsky Uyezd (''Ардатовский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Nizhny Novgorod Governorate of the

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. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was

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Demographics

At the time of the

Russian Empire Census The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897 ( pre-reform Russian: ) was the first and only nation-wide census performed in the Russian Empire (the Grand Duchy of Finland was excluded). It recorded demographic data as ...

of 1897, Ardatovsky Uyezd had a population of 141,625. Of these, 98.8% spoke Russian, 0.9%

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, 0.1%

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and 0.1%

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as their native language.

References

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