The Kanev uezd (; ) was one of the subdivisions of the

Kiev Governorate Kiev Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire (1796–1917), Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–18; 1918–1921), Ukrainian State (1918), and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–19 ...

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 eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kanev (Kaniv).

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kanevsky Uyezd had a population of 268,860. Of these, 88.7% spoke Ukrainian, 9.7%

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, 1.0%

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and 0.5%

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as their native language.
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References

Kanevsky Uyezd, Uezds of Kiev Governorate 1837 establishments in the Russian Empire 1923 disestablishments in Ukraine {{Ukraine-geo-stub