Chigirinsky Uyezd

Chigirinsky Uyezd ("Чигиринский уезд") was one of the subdivisions of the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Chigirin (Chyhyryn).
Demographics.
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Chigirinsky Uyezd had a population of 225,915. Of these, 89.4% spoke Ukrainian, 8.6% Yiddish, 1.4% Russian, 0.3% Polish, 0.1% Belarusian and 0.1% Romani as their native language.