Akkermansky County () was an
uezd
An uezd (also spelled uyezd or uiezd; rus, уе́зд ( pre-1918: уѣздъ), p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context () was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the ...
, one of the subdivisions of the
Bessarabia Governorate 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 southeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (, ; ; ), historically known as Aq Kirmān () or by other names, is a port city in Odesa Oblast, southwestern Ukraine. It is situated on the right bank of the Dniester Estuary leading to the Black Sea, in the historical r ...
(''Akkerman'').
Demographics
At the time of the
Russian Empire Census of 1897, Akkermansky Uyezd had a population of 265,247. Of these, 26.7% spoke
Ukrainian, 21.3%
Bulgarian, 16.4%
Moldovan and
Romanian, 16.4%
German, 9.6%
Russian, 4.6%
Yiddish
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, 3.9%
Gagauz or
Turkish, 0.4%
Romani, 0.2%
Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...
, 0.1%
French, 0.1%
Polish and 0.1%
Belarusian as their native language.
See also
*
Cetatea Albă County
References
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Uezds of Bessarabia Governorate
Bessarabia Governorate