Ponevezys county ( lit. Panevėžio apskritis ) is an administrative unit of the Coven province , which existed in 1795 - 1920. The county town is Ponevezh .
| Ponevezh County | ||
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| A country |  Russian empire | |
| Province | Coven province | |
| County town | Ponevezh | |
| Population | 222,881 [1] (1,897) | |
| Square | 5451.5 verst² | |
| Educated | 1795 | |
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History
In 1795, upit county was formed in the Vilnius province after the third division of the Commonwealth . In 1836, the Upit County was renamed Ponevezhsky . In 1842, the county became part of the newly formed Coven province .
Population
According to the 1897 census, the population of the county was 222,881 people, including 12,968 inhabitants in Ponevezh [1] ., In the places of the Exchange - 5020 inhabitants., Let it be - 3034 inhabitants [2] .
National composition
The national composition of the census of 1897 [3] :
- Lithuanians - 159 610 people (71.6%),
- Jews - 27,122 (12.2%),
- Latvians - 15 103 people (6.8%),
- Poles - 14 507 people (6.5%),
- Russians - 4174 people (1.9%),
Administrative Division
In 1913 there were 20 volosts in the county: [4]
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 First General Census of the Russian Empire in 1897. Coven province
- ↑ ESB. “Russia” (XXVII, 107). The population of cities, towns and other important populated areas
- ↑ First general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897. Distribution of the population according to their native language. Ponevezh County
- ↑ Volostnaya, stanichnaya, rural, communal governments and administrations, as well as police camps throughout Russia with the designation of their location . - Kyiv: Publishing House of the L.A. Fish, 1913.
Links
- Ponevezh // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.