Fatezhsky Uyezd (''Фате́жский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the

Kursk Governorate Kursk Governorate ( rus, Ку́рская губе́рния, r=Kúrskaya gubérniya) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, located in European Russia. It existed from 1796 to 1928; its seat was in the city of ...

of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

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

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Fatezhsky Uyezd had a population of 125,485. Of these, 99.9% spoke

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and 0.1%

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as their native language.
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References

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