Spassky Uyezd (''Спа́сский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kazan Governorate 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 southeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Spassk ( Bolgar).

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, Spassky Uyezd had a population of 175,198. Of these, 58.4% spoke Russian, 30.2%

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

, 7.2% Chuvash and 4.1%

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

Spassky Uyezd (Kazan Governorate), Uezds of Kazan Governorate Kazan Governorate {{Russia-gov-stub