Lodeynopolsky Uyezd () was one of the seven subdivisions of the

Olonets Governorate Olonets Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, extending from Lake Ladoga almost to the White Sea, bounded west by Finland, north and east by Arkhangelsk and Vologda, and south by Novgorod and ...

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 ...

. Its capital was Lodeynoye Pole. Lodeynopolsky Uyezd was located in the southern part of the governorate (in the northeastern part of the present-day

Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast (, ; ; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). The oblast has an area of and a population of 2,000,997 (2021 Russian census, 2021 Census); up from 1,716,868 recorded in the 2010 Russian census ...

and the northwestern part of

Vologda Oblast Vologda Oblast (, ; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is Vologda. The oblast has a population of 1,202,444 (Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census). The largest city is Cherepovets, t ...

). In terms of present-day administrative borders, the territory of Lodeynopolsky Uyezd is divided between the Lodeynopolsky and Podporozhsky districts of

and

Vytegorsky District Vytegorsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1113-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Vologda Oblast, twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders ...

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Lodeynopolsky Uyezd had a population of 46,255. Of these, 79.8% 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 ...

, 19.2% Veps, 0.5% Finnish, 0.2% Karelian and 0.1% Polish as their native language.Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г.
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References

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