Osinsky Uyezd was an administrative unit of Perm Governorate

Perm Governorate

Perm Governorate - an administrative unit of the Russian Empire and the USSR in 1781-1923 years. Located on both slopes of the Ural Mountains...

, Russian Empire

Russian Empire

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. It existed since 1781 to 1923. Center was city Osa

Osa, Perm Krai

-History:It was founded in 1591 as the sloboda of Novonikolskaya and later became a fortress. In a 1623 document, the settlement is referred to as the sloboda of Osinskaya Nikolskaya , in 1678—as the sloboda of Osinskaya , in 1732—as the village of Osa. It was granted town status in 1739...

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It was located in southwestern part of Perm Governorate, its area was 19,246 km². East and north of uyezd are mostly hilly. Kama River

Kama River

Kama is a major river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga and the largest one in discharge; in fact, it is larger than the Volga before junction....

 formed western border of uyezd, separated it from Okhansky Uyezd

Okhansky Uyezd

Okhansky uyezd was an uyezd of Perm Governorate. The uyezd, which existed before 1923, had its administrative center at the city of Okhansk.It was located in southwestern part of Perm Governorate, with an area of 14,280.17 km²...

 and from Sarapulsky Uyezd of Vyatka Governorate

Vyatka Governorate

Vyatka Governorate was a governorate of Russian Empire and USSR, with its capital in city Vyatka . Existed since 1796 to 1929...

. Other rivers unnavigable and insignificant.

According 1896 population of uyezd was 284,547 (143,500 male and 141,047 female). 176,998 were Orthodox Christians; 50,528 – Muslims; 46,617 – Old Believers; 5,570 confessed Paganism.

Agriculture was developed, main crops was: rye, oats, barley, wheat. Uyezd supplied by agriculture products other uyezds of governorate.