Orgeyevsky Uyezd


Orgeyevsky Uyezd was one of the subdivisions of the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the central part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Orhei.

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Orgeyevsky Uyezd had a population of 213,478. Of these, 77.9% spoke Moldovan or Romanian, 12.5% Yiddish, 5.7% Ukrainian, 2.7% Russian, 0.8% Romani, 0.3% Polish, 0.1% German, 0.1% Armenian and 0.1% Greek as their native language.