Kherson uezd explained

Kherson uezd
Native Name:Херсонскій уѣздъ
Native Name Lang:ru
Settlement Type:Uezd
Mapsize:225px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russian Empire
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Kherson
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1776
Extinct Title:Abolished
Extinct Date:1923
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Kherson
Area Total Km2:19553.04
Population As Of:1897
Population Total:587,804
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:27.77%
Population Rural:72.23%
Total Type:Total

The Kherson uezd 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

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
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

At the time of the Russian Empire Census on, 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 to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian, Jewish, and German speaking minorities.[2]

Linguistic composition of the Kherson uezd in 1897
Language Native speakers Percentage
323,627 55.06
144,623 24.60
69,674 11.85
20,290 3.45
12,558 2.14
5,152 0.88
4,953 0.84
3,575 0.60
1,057 0.18
501 0.09
295 0.05
235 0.04
192 0.03
141 0.02
139 0.02
129 0.02
93 0.01
91 0.01
68 0.01
63 0.01
60 0.01
38 0.00
26 0.00
5 0.00
Others 119 0.02
Total 587,804 100.00

Notes and References

  1. Book: https://www.prlib.ru/item/404525https://www.prlib.ru/item/404525 . Kiev: Izd-vo T-va L. M. Fish . ru: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 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221211143849/https://www.prlib.ru/item/404525 . 2022-12-11 . 1913 . 191 .
  2. Web site: Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей.. www.demoscope.ru. 2019-12-20.