Minsky Uyezd (russian: Минский уезд) was one of the uyezds of Minsk Governorate and the

Governorate-General of Minsk A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or provinces, the term ''governorate'' is often used in translation from ...

of the Russian Empire and then of

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with its seat in Minsk from 1793 until its formal abolition in 1924 by Soviet authorities.

Demographics

At the time of the

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of 1897, Minsky Uyezd had a population of 277,149. Of these, 59.2% spoke

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, 23.1%

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, 9.5% Russian, 7.1% Polish, 0.4% Tatar, 0.4% German, 0.1% Ukrainian and 0.1% Mordvin as their native language.
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References

{{reflist Minsky Uyezd, Uezds of Minsk Governorate