Nikolayevsky Uyezd (''Николаевский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the

Samara Governorate Samara Governorate (russian: Самарская губерния) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR, located in the Volga Region. It existed from 1850 to 1928; its seat was in the city of Samar ...

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 central part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Nikolayevsk (

Pugachyov Pugachyov ( rus, Пугачёв, p=pʊgɐˈtɕɵf) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Irgiz River (Volga River, Volga's tributary), northeast of Saratov, the administrative center o ...

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, Nikolayevsky Uyezd had a population of 494,736. Of these, 76.7% 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 ...

, 12.6%

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 ...

, 4.3%

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 Moks ...

, 3.8%

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 ...

, 1.5% Bashkir, 0.7%

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

, 0.3% Turkmen and 0.1% Kazakh as their native language.
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References

Nikolayevsky Uyezd (Samara Governorate), Uezds of Samara Governorate Samara Governorate {{Russia-gov-stub