Klimovichskiy Uyezd

Klimovichskiy Uyezd (Russian: Климовичский уезд) was an administrative unit of the Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire, which existed between the years of 1777 and 1927.

[1] From 1919, Klimovichskiy Uyezd became part of the newly formed Gomel Governorate of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

Starting in 1923, Soviet uyezds began transforming into different administrative districts called Raions.

[2] In June 1927, Klimovichskiy Uyezd officially became a part of the Belorussian Mogilev District.

83.6% of the population of the uyezd spoke Belarusian, 10.8% Yiddish, 5.4% Russian, 0.5% Latvian, 0.5%Ukrainian, 0.3% Polish and 0.1% Romani as their native language.