Toropetsky Uyezd (''Торо́пецкий уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Pskov Governorate of the

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

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Toropetsky Uyezd had a population of 96,472. Of these, 92.7% spoke Russian, 3.0% Estonian, 1.7%

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, 1.4% Latvian, 0.8% Finnish, 0.2% German and 0.2% Polish as their native language.
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References

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