Kamianets Okruha Explained

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Native Name:Кам'янецька округа
Conventional Long Name:Kamianets Okruha
Common Name:Kamianets Okruha
Subdivision:Client state
Nation:Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Status Text:Okruha of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Title Leader:Executive Secretary[1]
Leader1:Hryhoriy Panasenko (CP(b)U)
Year Leader1:1929–1930
Capital:Kamianets-Podilsk
Political Subdiv:16 raions (1926)
  8 raions (1935)
Year Start:1923
Year End:1937
Event Start:Division established
Event End:Abolished
Event1:Abolished
Date Event1:1930
Event2:Re-established
Date Event2:1935
Life Span:1923–1930
1935–1937
P1:Kamenets-Podolsky Uyezd
S1:Kamianets-Podilskyi Oblast
Flag S1:Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg
Stat Year1:1926 census
Stat Pop1:769,999

Kamianets Okruha (Ukrainian: Кам'янецька округа, Ukrainian: Kam'ianets'ka okruha) was one of the administrative units (an okruha) of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1923–1930 and again from 1935–1937.

A large portion of the former okruhas territory is now part of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion (district) of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast. Its administrative center was located in the city of Kamianets-Podilsk.

History

The Kamianets Okruha was first created in 1923 as part of the Podolia Governorate,[1] a remnant of the former Russian Empire. In 1925, all of the governorates throughout the Ukrainian SSR were abolished, and okruhas became the first level of administrative division. In 1926, the okruha was divided into a total of 16 raions. Because the Ukrainian Soviet authorities felt the system of administrative division was ineffective and hard to administer, the Kamianets Okruha along with all of the other okras were done away with completely in 1930.

However, the okruha was re-established in 1935 as a border district of the Vinnytsia Oblast[2] consisting of a total of 8 districts. In 1937, the okruha was yet again abolished, and its territory was reassigned to districts of the newly created Kamianets-Podilskyi Oblast.

Demographics

According to the results of the 1926 Soviet census, the Kamianets Okruha had a population of 769,999.[3] Of these 124,750 were residents in urban areas, compared to 645,249 for rural areas.[3]

In terms of ethnicity, 82.2 percent were Ukrainians, 8.9 percent were Russians, 4.3 percent were Jews, 3 percent were Moldovans, with the rest of the ethnic groups adding up to the remaining 1 percent.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kamenets-Podolsky Okrug. Reference on the history of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898 - 1991. www.knowbysight.info. 6 February 2013. Russian. https://web.archive.org/web/20151125084128/http://www.knowbysight.info/1_ukra/04619.asp. 25 November 2015. dead.
  2. Web site: VINNITSA OBLAST. World Historical Portal. 6 February 2013. Russian. https://archive.today/20130417064740/http://whp057.narod2.ru/vinni.htm. 17 April 2013. dead.
  3. Web site: All-Union Census of the Soviet Union. Ethnic composition of the population among republics of the USSR. Demoskop Weekly. 6 February 2013. Russian.