Rēzeknes apriņķis
Rēzeknes apriņķis was a subdivision of the
Latvian SSR. Its administrative centre was Rēzekne
.
History
Established in 1629 as one of the subdivisions of the
Belarusian Governorate (1796—1802) and Vitebsk Governorate (1802—1917) of the Russian Empire
.
On 31 December 1917 Rezhitsky Uyezd, having a majority
Republic of Latvia
.
In 1949, Rēzeknes apriņķis was transformed to the
Latvian SSR
.
Demographics
At the time of the
Russian Empire Census of 1897, Rezhitsky Uyezd had a population of 136,445. Of these, 57.9% spoke Latvian, 23.9% Russian, 7.4% Yiddish, 5.4% Belarusian, 4.8% Polish, 0.4% German, 0.1% Lithuanian and 0.1% Romani as their native language.[1]