Pokrovsky Uyezd (''Покровский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the

Vladimir Governorate {{Commons cat, Governorates of the Russian Empire Subdivisions of the Russian Empire 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 ...

of the

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. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Pokrov.

Demographics

At the time of the

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of 1897, Pokrovsky Uyezd had a population of 158,229. Of these, 99.7% spoke

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References

{{Reflist Pokrovsky Uyezd, Uezds of Vladimir Governorate Vladimir Governorate