Daugavpils apriņķis
Daugavpils apriņķis was a subdivision of the
Latvian SSR. Its administrative centre was Daugavpils
.
History
Established in 1621 as one of the subdivisions of the
Belarusian Governorate (1796—1802) and Vitebsk Governorate (1802—1917) of the Russian Empire
. In 1893, it was renamed to Dvinsky Uyezd (Двинский уезд).
On 31 December 1917 Dvinsky Uyezd, populated by mostly
Republic of Latvia
.
In 1949, Daugavpils apriņķis was merged with
Latvian SSR
.
Demographics
At the time of the
Russian Empire Census of 1897, Dvinsky Uyezd had a population of 237,023. Of these, 39.0% spoke Latvian, 20.0% Yiddish, 15.3% Russian, 13.8% Belarusian, 9.1% Polish, 1.8% German, 0.4% Lithuanian, 0.2% Tatar, 0.1% Romani and 0.1% Ukrainian as their native language.[1]
References
- ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2019-11-29.