Igumensky Uyezd

Igumensky Uyezd (Russian: Игуменский уезд) was one of the uyezds of Minsk Governorate and the Governorate-General of Minsk of the Russian Empire and then of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic with its seat in Igumen from 1793 until its formal abolition in 1924 by Soviet authorities.

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Igumensky Uyezd had a population of 234,792. Of these, 82.6% spoke Belarusian, 12.3% Yiddish, 2.9% Polish, 1.8% Russian, 0.3% Tatar, 0.1% German and 0.1% Latvian as their native language.[1]

References
  1. Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей


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