Kadnikovsky Uyezd () was one of the subdivisions of the

Vologda Governorate Vologda Governorate (russian: link=no, Вологодская губерния, ''Vologodskaya guberniya'', ''Government of Vologda'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed fr ...

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 southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was

Kadnikov Kadnikov (russian: Ка́дников) is a town in Sokolsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Sodima River, southeast of Vologda, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It traces its history t ...

. In terms of present-day administrative borders, the territory of Kadnikovsky Uyezd is divided between the Sokolsky, Ust-Kubinsky, Syamzhensky, Kharovsky and Konoshsky districts of

Vologda Oblast Vologda Oblast ( rus, Вологодская область, p=vəlɐˈɡotskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Vologodskaya oblast, ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is Vologda. The Oblast has a population of 1,202,444 ...

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, Kadnikovsky Uyezd had a population of 188,797. Of these, 99.4% spoke

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *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 ...

and 0.6% Belarusian as their native language.
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References

Kadnikovsky Uyezd, Uezds of Vologda Governorate Vologda Governorate History of Vologda Oblast {{Russia-hist-stub