Ovruchsky Uyezd (''Овручский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Volhynian Governorate of the

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. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Ovruch.

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Ovruchsky Uyezd had a population of 205,390. Of these, 83.4% spoke Ukrainian, 10.6%

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, 2.6% Russian, 1.3% Polish, 1.2% German, 0.5% Belarusian and 0.3% Czech as their native language.

References

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