Sventsyany uezd explained

Sventsyany uezd
Native Name:Свѣнцянскій уѣздъ
Native Name Lang:ru
Settlement Type:Uezd
Mapsize:225px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russian Empire
Subdivision Type1:Krai
Subdivision Name1:Northwestern
Subdivision Type2:Governorate
Subdivision Name2:Vilna
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1795
Extinct Title:Abolished
Extinct Date:1920
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Sventsyany
Area Total Km2:5,228.03
Population As Of:1897
Population Total:172,231
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:3.50%
Population Rural:96.50%
Total Type:Total

The Sventsyany uezd, known until 1842 as the Zavileisky uezd, was a county (uezd) of the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire.

The uezd was bordered by the Vilna uezd to the west, the Oshmyany uezd to the south, the Vileyka uezd to the east, the Disna uezd to the northeast, and the Novoaleksandrovsk uezd of the Kovno Governorate to the north. The administrative centre was located in Sventsyany (modern-day Švenčionys). The Sventsyany uezd included the most part of Švenčionys District and Pastavy District of Belarus.

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Sventsyansky Uyezd had a population of 172,231. Of these, 47.5% spoke Belarusian, 33.8% Lithuanian, 7.1% Yiddish, 6.0% Polish, 5.4% Russian and 0.1% German as their native language.[1]

References

55.1333°N 26.1556°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=107