Berdyansky Uyezd

Berdyansky Uyezd
Uezd
Location in the Taurida Governorate
Location in the Taurida Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
GovernorateTaurida
Established1842
Abolished1918
CapitalBerdiansk
Population
 (1897)
 • Total
304,718

Berdyansky Uyezd (Russian: Бердянский уезд; Ukrainian: Бердянський повіт) was one of the subdivisions of the Taurida Governorate of the Russian Empire. Its administrative centre was Berdiansk. Other populous places in the uyezd were Dmytrivka [uk] and Tokmak.

It was established in 1842.

Demographics

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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. - Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России". Демоскоп Weekly (in Russian).
  2. 1 2 "Бердянськ, Бердянський район, Запорізька область". Історія міст і сіл Української РСР (in Russian).