Beletsky Uyezd

Beletsky County was an uezd, one of the subdivisions of the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Bălți.

Demographics

At the time of the Russian [Empire Census] of 1897, Beletsky Uyezd had a population of 211,448. Of these, 66.3% spoke Moldovan and Romanian, 12.9% Yiddish, 11.4% Ukrainian, 6.7% Russian, 1.0% German, 0.7% Romani, 0.7% Polish, 0.1% Armenian, 0.1% Belarusian and 0.1% Greek as their native language.