Borisovsky_Uyezd

Borisovsky Uyezd

Borisovsky Uyezd

Place in Uyezd, Russia


Borisovsky Uyezd (Russian: Борисовский 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 Borisov from 1793 until its formal abolition in 1924 by Soviet authorities.

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History

The uyezd was founded on April 23, 1793 after the Second Partition of Poland resulted in the annexation of the territory now in central Belarus.[1]

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Borisovsky Uyezd had a population of 238,231. Of these, 80.9% spoke Belarusian, 11.2% Yiddish, 4.1% Polish, 3.1% Russian, 0.2% Ukrainian, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% Tatar and 0.1% German as their native language.[2]


References

  1. "23 апреля 1793 года указом Сената была создана Минская губерния". www.stolbtsy.gov.by (in Russian). Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  2. Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей

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