Bakhmut uezd

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Bakhmut uezd
Бахмутскій уѣздъ
Location in the Yekaterinoslav Governorate
Location in the Yekaterinoslav Governorate
Country Russian Empire
GovernorateYekaterinoslav
Established1783
Abolished1923
CapitalBakhmut
Area
 • Total9,225.13 km2 (3,561.84 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total332,478
 • Density36/km2 (93/sq mi)

Bakhmut uezd (Russian: Бахмутский уезд, romanizedBakhmutskiy uyezd, pre-1918: Бахмутскій уѣздъ; Ukrainian: Бахмутський повіт, romanizedBakhmuts'kyi povit) was an administrative subdivision, or uezd, of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate in the Russian Empire. The city of Bakhmut served as its capital.

Demographics[edit]

At the time of the 1897 Russian Empire census, Bakhmut uezd had a population of 332,478 people. Language prevalence by percent of native speakers in the subdivision was: 58.2% Ukrainian, 31.2% Russian, 3.8% German, 2.8% Yiddish, 1.9% Moldovan or Romanian, 0.7% Belarusian, 0.6% Polish, 0.1% French, 0.1% Tatar, 0.1% English, 0.1% Armenian, and 0.1% Romani.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ [1] Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей