Kursky Uyezd (Ку́рский уе́зд) was one of the subdivisions of the Kursk Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the central part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kursk.
![Map of Kursky Uyezd](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Kursk_uyezd_schematic.png/220px-Kursk_uyezd_schematic.png)
Demographics
editAt the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kursky Uyezd had a population of 222,808. Of these, 97.2% spoke Russian, 1.0% Ukrainian, 0.7% Yiddish, 0.6% Polish, 0.2% German and 0.1% Tatar as their native language.[1]
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