Telšių apskritis
Telšių apskritis (Russian: Тельшевский уезд) was one of the counties of the Russian Empire. The seat was in Telšiai.
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Administration
In 1819, the Palangos valsčius came to Grobin County of Courland Governorate.
Outer administration
It was established in 1795 under Vilna Governorate. In 1843, it was transferred to a newly established Kovno Governorate.
Demographics
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Telshevsky Uyezd had a population of 183,351. Of these, 81.2% spoke Lithuanian, 12.4% Yiddish, 2.3% Latvian, 1.5% Polish, 1.3% Russian, 0.9% German, 0.3% Ukrainian and 0.1% Belarusian as their native language.[2]
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