Berdyansky Uyezd
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Subdivision of Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire
Berdyansky Uyezd (Russian: Бердянский уезд; Ukrainian: Бердянський повіт) was one of the subdivisions of the Taurida Governorate of the Russian Empire.[1] Its administrative centre was Berdiansk. Other populous places in the uyezd were Dmytrivka [uk] and Tokmak.[2]
It was established in 1842.[2]
Demographics
[edit ]At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Berdyansky Uyezd had a population of 304,718. Of these, 58.8% spoke Ukrainian, 18.1% Russian, 10.4% Bulgarian, 7.8% German, 2.9% Yiddish, 0.5% Moldovan or Romanian, 0.4% Belarusian, 0.3% Tatar, 0.2% Greek, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Mordvin, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Armenian and 0.1% Italian as their native language.[1]
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