Krestetsky Uyezd (''Крестецкий уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Novgorod Governorate of the

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

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Krestetsky Uyezd had a population of 104,389. Of these, 95.9% spoke Russian, 1.3% Latvian, 0.9%

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, 0.6% German, 0.4% Karelian, 0.3%

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, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Tatar, 0.1% Belarusian and 0.1% Finnish as their native language.
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References

Krestetsky Uyezd, Uezds of Novgorod Governorate Novgorod Governorate {{Russia-gov-stub