Tetyushsky Uyezd (''Тетю́шский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the

Kazan Governorate Kazan Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Russian SFSR from 1708 to 1920, with its capital in Kazan. History Kazan Governorate, together with seven other ...

of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Tetyushi. Kazanskaya gubernia Tetyushsky uezd

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Tetyushsky Uyezd had a population of 185,865. Of these, 49.1% spoke

Tatar Tatar may refer to: Peoples * Tatars, an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar" * Volga Tatars, a people from the Volga-Ural region of western Russia * Crimean Tatars, a people from the Crimea peninsula by the B ...

, 31.6%

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 ...

, 16.6% Chuvash and 2.7% Mordvin as their native language.
Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей

References

Tetyushsky Uyezd, Uezds of Kazan Governorate Kazan Governorate {{Russia-gov-stub