Lebedyansky Uyezd (''Лебедянский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the

Tambov Governorate Tambov Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic, and the Russian SFSR, with its capital in Tambov. It was located between 51°14' and 55°6' north latitude, north and betwee ...

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 western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was

Lebedyan Lebedyan () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Lebedyansky District in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the upper Don River (Russia), Don River, northwest of Lipetsk, the administrative center ...

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Lebedyansky Uyezd had a population of 144,822. 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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