Ovruchsky Uyezd

Ovruchsky Uyezd
Uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Volhynian Governorate
Country	Russian Empire
Governorate	Poltava
Established	1781
Abolished	1923
Capital	Ovruch
Population  (1897)
• Total	205,390

Ovruchsky Uyezd (Овручский уезд) was one of the subdivisions of the Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Ovruch.

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Ovruchsky Uyezd had a population of 205,390. Of these, 83.4% spoke Ukrainian, 10.6% Yiddish, 2.6% Russian, 1.3% Polish, 1.2% German, 0.5% Belarusian and 0.3% Czech as their native language.