Elisavetgrad uezd

Yelisavetgradsky Uyezd (Елисаветградский уезд) was one of the subdivisions of the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kropyvnytskyi (Yelisavetgrad).

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Yelisavetgradsky Uyezd had a population of 613,283. Of these, 66.1% spoke Ukrainian, 15.2% Russian, 9.4% Yiddish, 6.0% Moldovan or Romanian, 1.0% Belarusian, 0.9% German, 0.8% Bulgarian, 0.4% Polish, 0.1% Romani and 0.1% Tatar as their native language.