Gryazovetsky Uyezd () was one of the subdivisions of the

Vologda Governorate Vologda Governorate (), also known as the Government of Vologda, was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. ...

of the

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

Gryazovets Gryazovets () is a town and the administrative center of Gryazovetsky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Rzhavka River, south of Vologda, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History The first mention of Gryaz ...

. In terms of present-day administrative borders, the territory of Gryazovetsky Uyezd is divided between the Gryazovetsky and Mezhdurechensky districts of

Vologda Oblast Vologda Oblast (, ; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is Vologda. The oblast has a population of 1,202,444 (Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census). The largest city is Cherepovets, t ...

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Gryazovetsky Uyezd had a population of 105,438. 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

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