Telšių apskritis

Telšių apskritis (Russian: Тельшевский уезд) was one of the counties of the Russian Empire. The seat was in Telšiai.

Administration[]

In 1819, the came to Grobin County of Courland Governorate.

Outer administration[]

It was established in 1795 under Vilna Governorate. In 1843, it was transferred to a newly established Kovno Governorate.

Inner administration[]

In 1791, it the following pavietai: , , , , , , , , , .

In 1913, it had the following pavietai: ^[1]

• Paukštakiai
• Varniai
• Nevarėnai
• Gargždai
• Darbėnai
• Židikai
• Žarėnai
• Ylakiai
• Kartena
• Kretinga
• Mosėdis
• Alsėdžiai
• Plungė
• Salantai
• Seda
• Tirkšliai
• Skuodas

Demographics[]

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Telshevsky Uyezd had a population of 183,351. Of these, 81.2% spoke Lithuanian, 12.4% Yiddish, 2.3% Latvian, 1.5% Polish, 1.3% Russian, 0.9% German, 0.3% Ukrainian and 0.1% Belarusian as their native language.^[2]

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