Kuressaare kreis

Kreis Ösel was one of the nine subdivisions of the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Kuressaare. It was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate. The territory of Kreis Ösel corresponds to the present-day Saare County.

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Ösel had a population of 60,263. Of these, 95.5% spoke Estonian, 2.6% German, 0.9% Russian, 0.4% Swedish, 0.4% Ukrainian, 0.1% Yiddish, 0.1% Latvian and 0.1% Polish as their native language.