Alexandrovsky Uyezd (; ) was one of the subdivisions of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Alexandrovsk (present-day Zaporizhia). Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Alexandrovsky Uyezd had a population of 271,678. Of these, 82.5% spoke Ukrainian, 5.7% Russian, 5.2% German, 5.1% Yiddish, 1.2% Belarusian, 0.1% Polish and 0.1% Romani as their native language. References Uyezds of Yekaterinoslav Governorate Yekaterinoslav Governorate