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Disna uezd
Uezd in Northwestern, Russian Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Disna uezd
Дисненскій уѣздъ | |
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![]() Location in the Vilna Governorate | |
Country | Russian Empire |
Krai | Northwestern |
Governorate | Vilna |
Established | 1795 |
Abolished | 1920 |
Capital | Disna |
Area | |
• Total | 5,779.3 km2 (2,231.4 sq mi) |
Population (1897) | |
• Total | 204,923 |
• Density | 35/km2 (92/sq mi) |
• Urban | 4.14% |
• Rural | 95.86% |
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