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Kherson uezd
Херсонскій уѣздъ
Coat of arms of Kherson uezd
Location in the Kherson Governorate
Location in the Kherson Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
GovernorateKherson
Established1776
Abolished1923
CapitalKherson
Area
 • Total19,553.04 km2 (7,549.47 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total587,804
 • Density30/km2 (78/sq mi)
 • Urban
27.77%
 • Rural
72.23%

The Kherson uezd[a] was a county (uezd) of the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire, and then of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Ukrainian SSR until the administrative reform of 1923. The uezd bordered the Odessa uezd to the west, the Elisavetgrad uezd to the northwest, the Aleksandriya uezd to the north, the Verkhnedneprovsk and Yekaterinoslav uezds of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate to the east, the Melitopol and Dneprovsk uezds of the Taurida Governorate, and the Black Sea to the south. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Kherson.

Administrative divisions

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The subcounties (volosts) of the Kherson uezd in 1912 were as follows:[1]

Name Name in Russian Capital
Alexandrovka volost Александровская волость Alexandrovka
Antonovka volost Антоновская волость Antonovka
Balatskoe volost Балацковская волость Balatskoe
Belozerka volost Бѣлозерская волость Belozerka
Vavilovka volost Вавиловская волость Vavilovka
Vladimirovka volost Владиміровская волость Vladimirovka
Grushevka volost Грушевская волость Grushevka
Gurevka volost Гурьевская волость Gurevka
Zagradovka volost Заградовская волость Zagradovka
Zaselye volost Засельская волость Zaselye
Zolotaya Balka volost Затоло-Балковская волость Zolotaya Balka
Kazatskoe volost Казацкая волость Kazatskoe
Kaluzhskoe volost Калужская волость Kaluzhskoe
Kamyanka volost Камянская волость Kamyanka
Kachkarovka volost Качкаровская волость Kachkarovka
Kislyakovka volost Кисляковская волость Kislyakovka
Krivoy Rog volost Криворогская волость Krivoy Rog
Kronau volost Кронауская волость Kronau
Lyubomirka volost Любомирская волость Lyubomirka
Maryinskoe volost Марьинская волость Maryinskoe
Mikhailovka volost Михайловская волость Mikhailovka
Nikolaevka 1-aya volost Николаевская 1-я волость Nikolaev 1-aya
Nikolaevka 2-aya volost Николаевская 2-я волость Nikolaev 2-aya
Nikolskoe volost Никольская волость Nikolskoe
Novyi Bug volost Ново-Бугская волость Novyi Buh
Novo-Vorontsovka volost Ново-Воронцовская волость Novovorontsovka
Novo-Nikolaevka volost Ново-Николаевская волость Novo-Nikolaevka
Novaya Odessa volost Ново-Одесская волость Novaya Odessa
Orlaph volost Орлафская волость Orlaph
Otbedovasilevka volost Отбѣдовасильевская волость Otbedovasilevka
Pokrovskoe volost Покровская волость Pokrovskoe
Poltavka volost Полтавская волость Poltavka
Privolnoe volost Привольнянская волость Privolnoe
Stanislav volost Станиславская волость Stanislav
Staroshvedskoe volost Старошведская волость Staroshvedskoe
Ternovka volost Терновская волость Ternovka (now neighborhood of Mykolaiv)
Tyaginka volost Тягинская волость Tyaginka
Shirokoe volost Широковская волость Shyroke

Demographics

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At the time of the Russian Empire Census on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, the Kherson uezd had a population of 587,804, including 302,002 men and 285,502 women. The majority of the population indicated Little Russian[b] to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian, Jewish, and German speaking minorities.[4]

Linguistic composition of the Kherson uezd in 1897[4]
Language Native speakers Percentage
Ukrainian[b] 323,627 55.06
Russian[b] 144,623 24.60
Jewish 69,674 11.85
German 20,290 3.45
Belarusian[b] 12,558 2.14
Polish 5,152 0.88
Romanian 4,953 0.84
Bulgarian 3,575 0.60
Tatar 1,057 0.18
Swedish 501 0.09
Greek 295 0.05
Gypsy 235 0.04
Czech 192 0.03
Armenian 141 0.02
French 139 0.02
Latvian 129 0.02
English 93 0.01
Turkish 91 0.01
Italian 68 0.01
South Slavic 63 0.01
Estonian 60 0.01
Lithuanian 38 0.00
Mordovian 26 0.00
Georgian 5 0.00
Others 119 0.02
Total 587,804 100.00

Notes

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  2. ^ a b c d Prior to 1918, the Imperial Russian government classified Russians as the Great Russians, Ukrainians as the Little Russians, and Belarusians as the White Russians. After the creation of the Ukrainian People's Republic in 1918, the Little Russians identified themselves as "Ukrainian".[2] Also, the Belarusian Democratic Republic which the White Russians identified themselves as "Belarusian".[3]

References

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  1. ^ Волостныя, станичныя, сельския, гминныя правления и управления, а также полицейские станы всей России с обозначением места их нахождения [Volostny, stanichnaya, rural, communes of government and administration, as well as police camps throughout Russia with the designation of their location]. Kiev: Izd-vo T-va L. M. Fish. 1913. p. 191. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11.
  2. ^ Hamm, Michael F. (2014). Kiev: A Portrait, 1800–1917. Princeton University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-4008-5151-5.
  3. ^ Fortson IV, Benjamin W. (2011). Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction. John Wiley & Sons. p. 429. ISBN 978-1-4443-5968-8.
  4. ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2019-12-20.