Сколько уездов было в Российской империи в 1917?
From 1812 to 1818, there were 12 counties, which were then merged into 6, afterwards split into 9 counties. Two of the latter, Cahul County and Ismail County were returned to Moldavia in 1856. There they were known as three counties because a Bolgrad County was split out of Ismail County. When again annexed by the Russian Empire in 1878, these there were lumped together as one Ismail County, thus from 1878 till 1917, there were 8 counties. The original terms for "county" were , .
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