Zenkovsky Uyezd (russian: Зеньковский уезд, uk, Зіньківський повіт) was a subdivision (county) of the

Poltava Governorate The Poltava Governorate (russian: Полтавская губерния, Poltavskaya guberniya; ua, Полтавська Губернія, translit=Poltavska huberniia) or Poltavshchyna was a gubernia (also called a province or government) in t ...

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 eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Zenkov (

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). The uyezd was created in 1781 within the Chernigov Viceroyalty out of parts of

Hadiach Regiment The Hadiach Regiment ( uk, Гадяцький полк, translit=Hadiats’kyi polk) was one of then territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Hadiach, now in Poltava Oblast of central ...

which contained territory of former Zinkiv Regiment. In 1796 the uyezd was dissolved and its territory was included into the revived

Little Russia Governorate Little Russia Governorate may refer to: *Little Russia Governorate (1764–1781) The First Little Russia Governorate (russian: Малороссiйская Губернiя, link=no) or Government of Malorossiya was created by Russian authorities ...

. In 1803 the uyezd was reinstated already within the

. In 1923 the uyezd was liquidated with introductions of

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Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Zenkovsky Uyezd had a population of 140,304. Of these, 98.1% spoke

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 ...

, 1.3%

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and 0.5%

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 ...

as their native language.
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References

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