Beletsky 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 northwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was

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(''Beltsy'').

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Beletsky Uyezd had a population of 211,448. Of these, 66.3% spoke Moldovan and Romanian, 12.9%

Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

, 11.4% Ukrainian, 6.7% Russian, 1.0% German, 0.7% Romani, 0.7% Polish, 0.1%

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, 0.1% Belarusian and 0.1%

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as their native language.

References

{{Reflist Uezds of Bessarabia Governorate Bessarabia Governorate

Demographics

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