Usmansky Uyezd (''Усманский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the

Tambov Governorate Tambov Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic, and the Russian SFSR, with its capital in Tambov. It was located between 51°14' and 55°6' north latitude, north and betwee ...

of the

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

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Usmansky Uyezd had a population of 209,910. Of these, 99.8% spoke

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and 0.1%

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as their native language.
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References

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