Vilensky Uezd

The Vilna uezd was a county of the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire, with the administrative centre in Vilna. The uezd was bordered by the Sventsyany uezd to the east, the Oshmyany and Lida uezds to the south, the Troki uezd to the west, and the Vilkomir uezd of the Kovno Governorate to the north. The district covered the area of modern Vilnius County of Lithuania.

History

A part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Vilnius Voivodeship was annexed by the Russian Empire as a part of the Partitions of Poland. In 1796, the Lithuania Governorate was established, which included the Vilna uezd, and later became a part of the Litva-Vilna Governorate.
The Russian rule on Vilnius land came to an end ephemerally in 1915 when Imperial Germany established the Supreme Commander of All German Forces in the East, also known as Ober-Ost, followed by the Kingdom of Lithuania. After the Polish occupation, the Soviet authorities formally abolished it in 1924.

Administrative divisions

The subcounties of the Vilna uezd in 1912 were as follows:

Name	Name in Russian	Capital
	Быстрицкая волость
	Ворнянская волость
	Гедройцкая волость	Gedroytsy
	Гелванская волость	Gelvany
	Ильинская волость
	Малятская волость	Malyaty
	Мейшагольская волость	Meyshagola
	Мицкунская волость	Mitskuny
	Мусникская волость	Musniki
	Неменчинская волость	Nemenchin
	Подберезская волость	Podberezye
	Рудоминская волость	Rudomino
	Рукойнская волость	Rukoyni
	Рѣшанская волость	Resha
	Солечникская волость
	Ширвинтская волость	Shirvinty
	Шумская волость	Shumsk
	Янишская волость	Yanishki

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census on, the Vilna uezd had a population of 363,313, including 183,598 men and 179,915 women. The majority of the population indicated White Russian to be their mother tongue, which followed by Jewish, Lithuanian, and Polish speakers.

Language	Native speakers	Percentage
Belarusian	93,896	25.84
Jewish	77,224	21.26
Lithuanian	76,030	20.93
Polish	73,088	20.12
Great Russian	37,906	10.43
German	2,844	0.78
Tatar	771	0.21
Little Russian	557	0.15
Latvian	211	0.06
Gypsy	15	0.00
Others	771	0.21
Total	363,313	100.00