Nerekhtsky Uyezd (''Нерехтский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the

Kostroma Governorate Kostroma Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its administrative center was in the city of Kostroma. Administrative division Kostroma ...

of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

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

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Nerekhtsky Uyezd had a population of 149,859. Of these, 99.9% spoke

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

as their native language.
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References

Nerekhtsky Uyezd, Uezds of Kostroma Governorate Kostroma Governorate {{KostromaOblast-geo-stub