Cheboksarsky Uyezd (''Чебокса́рский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kazan Governorate of the

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. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was

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Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Cheboksarsky Uyezd had a population of 127,273. Of these, 66.6% spoke Chuvash, 18.7% Russian, 12.0% Mari and 2.7% Tatar as their native language.
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References

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