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Subdivision of the Grodno Governorate of the Russian Empire From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lida uezd[lower-alpha 1] was one of the subdivisions of the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Lida.
Lida uezd
Лидскій уѣздъ | |
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![]() Location in the Vilna Governorate | |
Country | Russian Empire |
Krai | Northwestern |
Governorate | Vilna |
Established | 1795 |
Abolished | 1920 |
Capital | Lida |
Area | |
• Total | 5,616 km2 (2,168 sq mi) |
Population (1897) | |
• Total | 205,767 |
• Density | 37/km2 (95/sq mi) |
• Urban | 4.53% |
• Rural | 95.47% |
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Lidsky Uyezd had a population of 205,767. Of these, 73.2% spoke Belarusian, 12.0% Yiddish, 8.6% Lithuanian, 4.7% Polish, 1.2% Russian, 0.1% Ukrainian and 0.1% German as their native language.[1]
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