Bakhmut uezd
Bakhmut uezd (Russian: Бахмутский уезд, romanized: Bakhmutskiy uyezd, pre-1918: Бахмутскій уѣздъ; Ukrainian: Бахмутський повіт, romanized: 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.
Bakhmut uezd
Бахмутскій уѣздъ | |
|---|---|
 Location in the Yekaterinoslav Governorate | |
| Country |  Russian Empire |
| Governorate | Yekaterinoslav |
| Established | 1783 |
| Abolished | 1923 |
| Capital | Bakhmut |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,225.13 km2 (3,561.84 sq mi) |
| Population (1897) | |
| • Total | 332,478 |
| • Density | 36/km2 (93/sq mi) |
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]
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