Slavyanoserbsk uezd

Uezd in Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire

Slavyanoserbsk uezd Славяносербскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Yekaterinoslav Governorate
Country	Russian Empire
Governorate	Yekaterinoslav
Established	1802
Abolished	1923
Capital	Slavyanoserbsk Lugansk (from 1882)
Area
• Total	5,089.18 km² (1,964.94 sq mi)
Population (1897)
• Total	174,753
• Density	34/km² (89/sq mi)

The Slavyanoserbsk uezd (Russian: Славяносербскій уѣздъ, romanized: Slavyanoserbskiy uyezd; Ukrainian: Слов'яносербський повіт, romanized: Slovianoserbs'kyi povit) was one of the subdivisions of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Slovianoserbsk until 1882 and Luhansk after that.

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Slavyanoserbsky Uyezd had a population of 174,753. Of these, 50.5% spoke Ukrainian, 45.4% Russian, 1.5% Yiddish, 0.9% Belarusian, 0.5% German, 0.5% Moldovan or Romanian, 0.3% Polish, 0.1% Romani, 0.1% Tatar, 0.1% Armenian and 0.1% French as their native language.^[1]