Kuldīgas apriņķis

Kuldīgas apriņķis (

Republic of Latvia. Its capital was Kuldīga

History

The Chief Captaincy of Kuldīga (German: Oberhauptmannschaft Goldingen) was founded in 1617 as a subdivision of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. In 1795, the Duchy was incorporated into the Russian Empire, and in 1819 County of Kuldīga (Kreis Goldingen) became one of the ten counties of the Courland Governorate.

After establishment of the Republic of Latvia in 1918, the Kuldīgas apriņķis^[1] existed until 1949, when the Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR split it into the newly created districts (rajons) of Kuldīga, Saldus, Auce (dissolved in 1959) and Skrunda (dissolved in 1959).

Demographics

At the time of the

Yiddish, 0.3% Lithuanian, 0.3% Romani, 0.2% Russian and 0.1% Polish

as their native language. [2]

References

^ "Letonika.lv. Vārdnīcas - Latviešu—angļu vārdnīca. Apriņķis = district or county". www.letonika.lv. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
^ "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.

External links

[1] "Letonika.lv. Vārdnīcas - Latviešu—angļu vārdnīca. Apriņķis = district or county". www.letonika.lv. Retrieved 2019-10-14.

[2] "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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