Alexandrovsky Uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate

For other uses, see Alexandrovsky Uyezd (disambiguation).

Alexandrovsk uezd Александровскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Location in the Yekaterinoslav Governorate
Country	Russian Empire
Governorate	Yekaterinoslav
Established	1805
Abolished	1920
Capital	Alexandrovsk
Area
• Total	26,420 km2 (10,200 sq mi)
Population  (1897)
• Total	271,678
• Density	10/km2 (27/sq mi)

Alexandrovsk uezd (Russian: Александровскій уѣздъ, romanized: Aleksandrovskiy uyezd; Ukrainian: Олександрівський повіт, romanized: Oleksandrivs'kyi povit) was one of the subdivisions of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Alexandrovsk (present-day Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine).

History

Formed in 1805 as part of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate from part of the Mariupol district, which was included in the Yekaterinoslav Governorate and part of the Pavlograd district.

In March-April 1918, it became part of the Sichova and Oziv lands of the Ukrainian People's Republic.

In 1920, the county became part of the newly created Oleksandriv Province, which was renamed in 1921 to Zaporizhzhya Province. The territory of the district was reduced due to the allocation of the Gulyaipil county.

In 1922, it was joined to the Katerynoslav province in its former territory.

In 1923, it was liquidated in connection with the formation of districts in the provinces.

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Alexandrovsky Uyezd had a population of 271,678. Of these, 82.5% spoke Ukrainian, 5.7% Russian, 5.2% German, 5.1% Yiddish, 1.2% Belarusian, 0.1% Polish and 0.1% Romani as their native language.