Kreis Walk

Kreis Walk (Latvian: Valkas apriņķis, Russian: Валкский уезд) was one of the nine subdivisions of the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the central part of the governorate (mostly in present-day northern Latvia, a small part in southern Estonia). Its capital was Walk, nowadays divided between two cities and two countries (Valka in Latvia and Valga in Estonia).

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Walk had a population of 120,585. Of these, 87.9% spoke Latvian, 7.2% Estonian, 2.1% German, 1.3% Russian, 1.1% Yiddish, 0.2% Polish and 0.1% Romani as their native language.^[1]

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