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Syzransky Uyezd (''Сызранский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the
Simbirsk Governorate Simbirsk Governorate (russian: link=no, Симбирская губерния, ''Simbirskaya guberniya'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1928. Its administra ...
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
Syzran Syzran ( rus, Сызрань, p=ˈsɨzrənʲ) is the third largest city in Samara Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of Saratov Reservoir of the Volga River. Population: History Founded in 1683 as a fortress, Syzran grew into an importa ...
.


Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Syzransky Uyezd had a population of 242,045. Of these, 88.7% spoke Russian, 4.1% Mordvin, 3.4% Chuvash, 3.1%
Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary
is an umbrella term for different
, 0.4% Ukrainian, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1%
Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
and 0.1%
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as their native language.


References

Uezds of Simbirsk Governorate Simbirsk Governorate {{Russia-gov-stub