Mokshansky Uyezd (''Мокшанский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Penza Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the central part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was

Mokshan Mokshan (russian: Мокша́н) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Mokshansky District of Penza Oblast, Russia. Population: 10,710 (1900). History It was established in 1566 as a fort to protect the c ...

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, Mokshansky Uyezd had a population of 109,052. Of these, 98.1% spoke Russian, 1.6% Tatar and 0.1%

Mordvin The Mordvins (also Unified Mordvin people, Mordvinians, Mordovians; russian: мордва, Mordva, Mordvins (no equivalents in Moksha and Erzya)) is an obsolete but official term used in the Russian Federation to refer both to Erzyas and Moksh ...

as their native language.
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References

{{Reflist Mokshansky Uyezd, Uyezds of Penza Governorate Penza Governorate