The Cherkassy uezd (Russian: Черкасский уезд, romanized: Cherkasskiy uyezd; Ukrainian: Черкаський повіт, romanized: Cherkas'kyi povit) was one of the subdivisions of the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire.

Its administrative centre was Cherkassy (Cherkasy).

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Cherkassky Uyezd had a population of 279,695.

Of these, 84.9% spoke Ukrainian, 9.8% Yiddish, 4.2% Russian, 0.4% Polish, 0.4% Belarusian, 0.1% German and 0.1% Romani as their native language.

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