Semyonovsky Uyezd (''Семёновский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the

Nizhny Novgorod Governorate Nizhny Novgorod Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, Russian Republic, and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, roughly corresponding to the Volga region, Upper and ...

of the

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

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Semyonovsky Uyezd had a population of 111,388. Of these, 99.9% spoke

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as their native language.

References

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