Disna uezd

The Disna uezd[lower-alpha 1] was a county (uezd) of the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire. The uezd was bordered by the Dvinsk uezd of the Vitebsk Governorate to the north, the Minsk uezd of the Minsk Governorate to the east, the Vileyka uezd to the south, the Sventsyany uezd to the southwest, and the Novoaleksandrovsk uezd of the Kovno Governorate. The uezd was eponymously named for its administrative center, Disna, which was belonged to present-day Dizsna in Belarus. The territory of Disna uezd corresponds to a part of the present-day Miory, Hlybokaye, Sharkawshchyna, and Pastavy districts of Vitebsk Region.

Disna uezd
Дисненскій уѣздъ
Coat of arms of Disna uezd
Location in the Vilna Governorate
Location in the Vilna Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
KraiNorthwestern
GovernorateVilna
Established1795
Abolished1920
CapitalDisna
Area
  Total5,779.3 km2 (2,231.4 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
  Total204,923
  Density35/km2 (92/sq mi)
  Urban
4.14%
  Rural
95.86%

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Disnensky Uyezd had a population of 204,923. Of these, 81.1% spoke Belarusian, 10.1% Yiddish, 5.9% Russian, 2.4% Polish, 0.3% Lithuanian, 0.1% German and 0.1% Latvian as their native language.[1]

Notes

References

  1. Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей

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