Berdyansky Uyezd

Berdyansky Uyezd was one of the subdivisions of the Taurida Governorate of the Russian Empire. Its administrative centre was Berdiansk. Other populous places in the uyezd were and Tokmak.
It was established in 1842.

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Berdyansky Uyezd had a population of 304,718. Of these, 58.8% spoke Ukrainian, 18.1% Russian, 10.4% Bulgarian, 7.8% German, 2.9% Yiddish, 0.5% Moldovan or Romanian, 0.4% Belarusian, 0.3% Tatar, 0.2% Greek, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Mordvin, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Armenian and 0.1% Italian as their native language.