Vesyegonsky Uyezd (''Весьегонский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the
Tver Governorate
Tver Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. Its seat was in Tver. The governorate was lo ...
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 ...
. Its capital was
Vesyegonsk. Vesyegonsky Uyezd was located in the northeastern part of the governorate (mostly in present-day northeastern
Tver Oblast
Tver Oblast (, ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. From 1935 to 1990, it was known as Kalinin Oblast (). Population:
Tver Oblast is a region of lakes, such as Seliger and Brosno. Much o ...
with a small part in the easternmost
Novgorod Oblast
Novgorod Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Veliky Novgorod. Some of the oldest Russian cities, including Veliky Novgorod and Staraya Russa, are located in the oblast. The historic m ...
). The territory of Vesyegonsky Uyezd corresponds to most of
Vesyegonsky,
Sandovsky,
Lesnoy, and
Krasnokholmsky districts and small parts of
Molokovsky and
Pestovsky districts.
Demographics
At the time of the
Russian Empire Census of 1897, Vesyegonsky Uyezd had a population of 155,431. Of these, 83.7% 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 ...
and 16.2%
Karelian as their native language.
References
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Uezds of Tver Governorate