Minsky Uyezd

Minsky Uyezd (Минский уезд) was one of the uyezds of Minsk Governorate and the Governorate-General of Minsk of the Russian Empire and then of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic with its seat in Minsk from 1793 until its formal abolition in 1924 by Soviet authorities.

Demographics
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Minsky Uyezd had a population of 277,149. Of these, 59.2% spoke Belarusian, 23.1% Yiddish, 9.5% Russian, 7.1% Polish, 0.4% Tatar, 0.4% German, 0.1% Ukrainian and 0.1% Mordvin as their native language.