Kreis Friedrichstadt (Jaunjelgavas apriņķis, Фридрихштадтский уезд) was one of the ten subdivisions of the Courland Governorate of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Jaunjelgava (Friedrichstadt). Kreis Friedrichstadt was situated in the eastern part of the governorate (in present-day southern Latvia).
Demographics
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Friedrichstadt had a population of 64,795. Of these, 83.0% spoke Latvian, 9.3% Yiddish, 2.8% German, 2.6% Russian, 1.2% Lithuanian, 0.8% Polish, 0.2% Romani and 0.1% Belarusian as their native language.
References
Kreis Friedrichstadt Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA