Soroksky Uyezd ( pre-reform russian: Сорокскій уѣздъ) was one of the subdivisions of the

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of the

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

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. Soroksky Uyezd was created in 1836 alongside Beletsky Uyezd from Yassky Uyezd which then ceased to exist. In 1918, after the

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, the uyezd became part of the

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until 1944, when

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was created as a result of Eastern Front land exchanges between the Soviets and the Nazis. Finally, in 1949, the "uyezd" territorial subdivision was abolished and three new raions (

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s) were created, one of which retained the name as Raion Soroca.

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Soroksky Uyezd had a population of 218,861. Of these, 63.2% spoke

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, 16.0%

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, 14.2% Yiddish, 4.8%

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, 0.8%

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, 0.5%

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, 0.2%

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and 0.1%

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as their native language.

References

{{Reflist Uezds of Bessarabia Governorate Bessarabia Governorate