RÃÂzekne county () was a historic county in the Vitebsk Governorate, and in the Republic of Latvia, dissolved during the administrative territorial reform of the Latvian SSR in 1949. Its administrative centre was RÃÂzekne (Rzeà ¼yca, Rezhitsa).
Established in 1629 as one of the subdivisions of the Inflanty Voivodeship (powiat rzeà ¼ycki). In 1772, after the First Partition of Poland it became one of uyezds of Polotsk Governorate (, 1776âÂÂ1796), later Belarusian Governorate (1796âÂÂ1802) and Vitebsk Governorate (1802âÂÂ1917) of the Russian Empire.
On 31 December 1917 Rezhitsky Uyezd, having a majority Latvian population, was transferred to Governorate of Livonia, becoming a part of the Latvian Soviet autonomy of Iskolat and a part of the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic on 17 December 1918. After signing of the LatvianâÂÂSoviet Peace Treaty, RÃÂzeknes aprià Â÷is was incorporated into the Republic of Latvia.
In 1949, RÃÂzeknes aprià Â÷is was transformed into the RÃÂzeknes District (RÃÂzeknes rajons) of the Latvian SSR during the Soviet occupation of Latvia.
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Rezhitsky Uyezd had a population of 136,445. Of these, 57.9% spoke Latvian, 23.9% Russian, 7.4% Yiddish, 5.4% Belarusian, 4.8% Polish, 0.4% German, 0.1% Lithuanian and 0.1% Romani as their native language.