Kreis Doblen

Kreis Doblen (Dobeles apriņķis, Добленский уезд) was one of the ten subdivisions of the Courland Governorate of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Dobele (Doblen). Kreis Doblen was situated in the central part of the governorate (in present-day southern Latvia).

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Doblen had a population of 101,310. Of these, 76.8% spoke Latvian, 11.0% German, 4.8% Russian, 4.0% Yiddish, 1.2% Lithuanian, 0.9% Polish, 0.4% Tatar, 0.4% Belarusian, 0.2% Romani, 0.1% Estonian and 0.1% Ukrainian as their native language.[1]

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