Bendersky Uyezd
# Bendersky Uyezd

Bendersky County (Russian: Бендерский уезд, tr. Bendersky Uyezd) was an uezd, one of the subdivisions of the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Bender.

## Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Bendersky Uyezd had a population of 194,915. Of these, 45.1% spoke Romanian, 14.1% Gagauz or Turkish, 10.8% Ukrainian, 9.5% Russian, 8.5% Yiddish, 7.6% Bulgarian, 2.9% German, 0.6% Polish, 0.4% Romani, 0.1% Greek, 0.1% Belarusian and 0.1% Armenian as their native language.

