Starodubsky Uyezd (''Стародубский уезд'') or Starodub Povit () 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

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

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. The governorate was incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR, and part of it including the Starodubsky Uyezd was transferred to the Gomel Oblast of the Russian SFSR in 1919. The uyezd was considered part of the historic region of

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Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Starodubsky Uyezd had a population of 144,833. Of these, 92.9% spoke

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

, 6.8%

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, 0.2% Ukrainian and 0.1%

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as their native language.
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References

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