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Uyezd in Estonia Governorate, Russian Empire From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harrien County (German: Kreis Harrien or Kreis Reval, Estonian: Harju kreis, Russian: Ревельскій/Гарріенскій уѣздъ, romanized: Revelskiy/Garrienskiy uyezd) was one of the four counties of the Governorate of Estonia.[1] It was situated in the central part of the governorate (in present-day northern Estonia). Its capital was Reval (Tallinn), which was the capital of the governorate as well. The territory of Harrien County corresponds to present-day Harju County and most parts of Rapla County.[2]
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Harrien County
Ревельскій уѣздъ | |
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![]() Location in the Governorate of Estonia | |
Country | Russian Empire |
Governorate | Estonia |
Established | 1745 |
Abolished | 1920 |
Capital | Revel |
Area | |
• Total | 5,713 km2 (2,206 sq mi) |
Population (1897) | |
• Total | 157,736 |
• Density | 28/km2 (72/sq mi) |
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Harrien County had a population of 157,736. Of these, 82.9% spoke Estonian, 7.3% German, 6.8% Russian, 0.7% Swedish, 0.7% Yiddish, 0.7% Polish, 0.2% Latvian, 0.2% Finnish, 0.1% Belarusian and 0.1% Ukrainian as their native language.[3]
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