Rogachyovsky Uyezd (''Рогачёвский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the

Mogilev Governorate The Mogilev Governorate () or Government of Mogilev was a governorate () of the Russian Empire in the territory of the present day Belarus. Its capital was in Mogilev, referred to as Mogilev-on-the-Dnieper, or Mogilev Gubernskiy. The area of the ...

of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the List of Russian monarchs, Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended th ...

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

Rahachow Rahachow or Rahačoŭ ( be, Рагачо́ў, ; russian: Рогачёв, Rogachyov, also transliterated Rogachev; pl, Rohaczów; yi, ראגאטשאוו, ''Rogatshov'', ) is a town in the Gomel Region of Belarus. It is center of Rahachow Distric ...

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Rogachyovsky Uyezd had a population of 224,652. Of these, 86.9% spoke Belarusian, 9.7% Yiddish, 2.0%

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, 1.1%

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, 0.1%

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * Som ...

and 0.1%

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as their native language.
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References

{{Reflist Rogachyovsky Uyezd, Uezds of Mogilev Governorate Mogilev Governorate