Bryansky Uyezd (''Бря́нский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Oryol Governorate of the

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

Bryansk Bryansk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna (river), Desna River, southwest of Moscow. It has a population of 379,152 at the 2021 census. Bryans ...

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Bryansky Uyezd had a population of 203,303. Of these, 97.0% spoke Russian, 1.0%

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, 0.8% Belarusian, 0.5% Polish, 0.2% Ukrainian, 0.1% German, 0.1% Latvian and 0.1% Tatar as their native language.
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