
Rēzeknes apriņķis was a subdivision of the
Republic of Latvia and the
Latvian SSR
The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (Latvian SSR), also known as Soviet Latvia or simply Latvia, was a federated republic within the Soviet Union, and formally one of its 16 (later 15) constituent republics. The Latvian Soviet Socialist Rep ...
. Its administrative centre was
Rēzekne.
History
Established in 1629 as one of the subdivisions of the
Inflanty Voivodeship (''powiat rzeżycki''). In 1772, after the
First Partition of Poland it became one of
uyezds of
Polotsk Governorate (russian: Режицкий уезд, 1776—1796), later
Belarusian Governorate (1796—1802) and
Vitebsk Governorate
Vitebsk Governorate (russian: Витебская губерния, ) was an administrative unit ( guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with the seat of governorship in Vitebsk. It was established in 1802 by splitting the Byelorussia Governorate and ...
(1802—1917) of the
Russian Empire
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.
On 31 December 1917 ''Rezhitsky Uyezd'', having a majority
Latvian population, was transferred to
Governorate of Livonia, becoming a part of the Latvian Soviet autonomy of
Iskolat and a part of the
Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic on 17 December 1918. After signing of the
Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty
The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Riga, was signed on 11 August 1920 by representatives of the Republic of Latvia and Soviet Russia. It officially ended the Latvian War of Independence.
In Article II of the treat ...
, Rēzeknes apriņķis was incorporated into the
Republic of Latvia.
In 1949, Rēzeknes apriņķis was transformed to the
Rēzeknes District (''Rēzeknes rajons'') of the
Latvian SSR
The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (Latvian SSR), also known as Soviet Latvia or simply Latvia, was a federated republic within the Soviet Union, and formally one of its 16 (later 15) constituent republics. The Latvian Soviet Socialist Rep ...
.
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, Rezhitsky Uyezd had a population of 136,445. Of these, 57.9% spoke
Latvian, 23.9%
Russian, 7.4%
Yiddish
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, 5.4%
Belarusian
Belarusian may refer to:
* Something of, or related to Belarus
* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
* A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus
* Belarusian language
* Belarusian culture
* Belarusian cuisine
* Byelor ...
, 4.8%
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
, 0.4%
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
**Ger ...
, 0.1%
Lithuanian
Lithuanian may refer to:
* Lithuanians
* Lithuanian language
* The country of Lithuania
* Grand Duchy of Lithuania
* Culture of Lithuania
* Lithuanian cuisine
* Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...
and 0.1%
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
as their native language.
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References
{{List of former Latvian counties and districts
Rēzeknes apriņķis,