Borisovsky Uyezd (Russian: Борисовский уезд; Belarusian: Барысаўскі павет, romanized: Barysaŭski paviet) was one of the uyezds of Minsk Governorate and the Governorate-General of Minsk of the Russian Empire and then of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic with its seat in Borisov from 1793 until its formal abolition in 1924 by Soviet authorities.
Borisovsky Uyezd
Борисовский уезд | |
|---|---|
| Country | Russia |
| Political status | Uyezd |
| Region | European Russia |
| Established | 1793 |
| Abolished | 1924 |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,881 km2 (4,201 sq mi) |
| Population (1897) | |
• Total | 238,200 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) |
History
editThe uyezd was founded on April 23, 1793 after the Second Partition of Poland resulted in the annexation of the territory now in central Belarus.[1]
Demographics
editAt the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Borisovsky Uyezd had a population of 238,231. Of these, 80.9% spoke Belarusian, 11.2% Yiddish, 4.1% Polish, 3.1% Russian, 0.2% Ukrainian, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% Tatar and 0.1% German as their native language.[2]
References
edit- ^ "23 апреля 1793 года указом Сената была создана Минская губерния". www.stolbtsy.gov.by (in Russian). Retrieved April 13, 2017.
- ^ [1] Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей
External links
edit- Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky photographs of locations in Borisovsky Uyezd Archived May 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine