Krolevetsky Uyezd (; ) was one of the subdivisions of the

Chernigov Governorate Chernigov Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. It was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Little Russia Governorate (1796-1802), Little Russia Governorate and had its capital in Cher ...

of the

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

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Krolevetsky Uyezd had a population of 131,089. Of these, 96.3% spoke Ukrainian, 3.0%

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and 0.7%

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as their native language.
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References

{{Reflist Krolevetsky Uezd, Uezds of Chernigov Governorate Chernigov Governorate