Nezhinsky 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

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 southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Nezhin (Nizhyn).

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Nezhinsky Uyezd had a population of 162,123. Of these, 91.8% spoke Ukrainian, 5.9%

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, 1.9%

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, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Belarusian and 0.1%

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as their native language.
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References

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