Alexandrovsky Uyezd (Yekaterinoslav Governorate)

Alexandrovsky Uyezd Олександрівський повіт
Uyezd of the Russian Empire
1805–1920
Coat of arms
Capital	Oleksandrivsk
Area
• 1897	26,420 km2 (10,200 sq mi)
Population
• 1897	271,678
History
History
• Established	1805
• Disestablished	1920
Contained within
• Governorate	Katerynoslav
Preceded by Succeeded by Mariupolsky Uyezd Pavlogradsky Uyezd Zaporizhzhia Governorate
Today part of	Ukraine

Alexandrovsky Uyezd (Russian: Александровский уезд) 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 Zaporizhia).

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.