Vilensky Uyezd

Vilensky Uyezd (Russian: Виленский уезд) was one of the uyezds of the Russian Empire. The seat was in Vilna.

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It was established in 1795 under the Vilna Governorate. The Soviet authorities formally abolished it in 1924.

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Vilensky Uyezd had a population of 363,313. Of these, 25.8% spoke Belarusian, 21.3% Yiddish, 20.9% Lithuanian, 20.1% Polish, 10.4% Russian, 0.8% German, 0.2% Tatar, 0.2% Ukrainian and 0.1% Latvian as their native language.^[1]

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