Kungursky Uyezd (russian: Кунгурский уезд) was an administrative division of

Perm Governorate Perm Governorate (russian: link=no, Пермская губерния) was an administrative unit of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union from 1781 to 1923. It was also known as the ''government of Perm''. It was located on both slopes of t ...

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, which existed in 1781-1921. Its administrative center was the town of

Kungur Kungur (russian: Кунгу́р) is a town in the southeast of Perm Krai, Russia, located in the Ural Mountains at the confluence of the rivers Iren and Shakva with the Sylva (Kama's basin). Population: 64,800 (1959); 36,000 (1939). Hist ...

. Area: 11,372.6 km².

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, Kungursky Uyezd had a population of 136,343. Of these, 96.6% 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 ...

, 2.0%

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

, 0.5% Komi-Zyrian, 0.4% Bashkir, 0.2% Mari, 0.1%

Mansi Mansi may refer to: People * Mansi people, an indigenous people living in Tyumen Oblast, Russia ** Mansi language * Giovanni Domenico Mansi Gian (Giovanni) Domenico Mansi (16 February 1692 – 27 September 1769) was an Italian prelate, theolog ...

and 0.1%

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as their native language.

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*Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary 1781 establishments in the Russian Empire 1921 disestablishments in Russia Uezds of Perm Governorate History of Perm Krai