Borisov County, Minsk Governorate

Borisovsky Uyezd (in English)
  • Борисовский уезд (Modern Russian)

Coat of Arms
Established 1793
Abolished 1924
Political status Uyezd
Region European Russia
Area 9,561.3 verst²
Population (1897 census)
 • Total 238200
 • Density 24.9 inhab. / verst²
Government

Borisov County (Russian: Борисовский уезд) was one of the counties of Minsk Governorate and the Governorate-General of Minsk of the Russian Empire and then of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic with its center in Borisov from 1793 until its formal abolition in 1924 by Soviet authorities.

History

The uyezd was founded on 23 April 1793 after the Second Partition of Poland resulted in the annexation of the territory now in central Belarus.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "23 апреля 1793 года указом Сената была создана Минская губерния". www.stolbtsy.gov.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-04-13.
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