Bakhmut uezd explained

Bakhmut uezd
Native Name:Бахмутскій уѣздъ
Native Name Lang:ru
Settlement Type:Uezd
Mapsize:225px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Yekaterinoslav
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1783
Extinct Title:Abolished
Extinct Date:1923
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Bakhmut
Area Total Km2:9225.13
Population As Of:1897
Population Total:332,478
Population Density Km2:auto

Bakhmut uezd (Russian: Бахмутский уезд|Bakhmutskiy uyezd, pre-1918: Бахмутскій уѣздъ; Ukrainian: Бахмутський повіт|Bakhmuts'kyi povit) was an administrative subdivision, or uezd, of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate in the Russian Empire. The city of Bakhmut served as its capital.

Demographics

At the time of the 1897 Russian Empire census, Bakhmut uezd had a population of 332,478 people. Language prevalence by percent of native speakers in the subdivision was: 58.2% Ukrainian, 31.2% Russian, 3.8% German, 2.8% Yiddish, 1.9% Moldovan or Romanian, 0.7% Belarusian, 0.6% Polish, 0.1% French, 0.1% Tatar, 0.1% English, 0.1% Armenian, and 0.1% Romani.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=431