Arkhangelsky Uyezd (''Архангельский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the
Arkhangelsk Governorate
Arkhangelsk Governorate (russian: link=no, Архангельская губерния, ''Arkhangelskaya guberniya'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. ...
of the
Russian Empire
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. It was situated in the central part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was
Arkhangelsk
Arkhangelsk (, ; rus, Арха́нгельск, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near ...
.
Demographics
At the time of the
Russian Empire Census of 1897, Arkhangelsky Uyezd had a population of 60,957. Of these, 98.0% spoke
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
, 0.5%
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
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, 0.4%
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
, 0.4%
Yiddish
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, 0.1%
Lithuanian, 0.1%
Estonian, 0.1%
Komi-Zyrian, 0.1%
Belarusian and 0.1%
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
as their native language.
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References
Arkhangelsky Uyezd,
Uezds of Arkhangelsk Governorate
Arkhangelsk Governorate
History of Arkhangelsk Oblast
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