Kashinsky Uyezd (''Кашинский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the
Tver Governorate
Tver Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. Its seat was in Tver. The governorate was lo ...
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 northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was
Kashin.
Demographics
At the time of the
Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kashinsky Uyezd had a population of 119,510. 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
Kashinsky Uyezd,
Uezds of Tver Governorate
Tver Governorate
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