Friedrichstadt County

Location of Friedrichstadt County within the Courland Governorate

Courland Governorate, 1820

Friedrichstadt County (German: Kreis Friedrichstadt, Russian: Фридрихштадтский уезд, Latvian: Jaunjelgavas apriņķis) was one of the ten subdivisions of the Courland Governorate of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Jaunjelgava (Friedrichstadt). Kreis Friedrichstadt was situated in the eastern part of the governorate (in present-day southern Latvia).

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Friedrichstadt had a population of 64,795. Of these, 83.0% spoke Latvian, 9.3% Yiddish, 2.8% German, 2.6% Russian, 1.2% Lithuanian, 0.8% Polish, 0.2% Romani and 0.1% Belarusian as their native language. ^[1]

References

↑ "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России" (in Russian). Демоскоп Weekly. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

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[1] "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России" (in Russian). Демоскоп Weekly. Retrieved 22 December 2013.