Proskurov uezd | |
Native Name: | Проскуровскій уѣздъ |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Settlement Type: | Uezd |
Mapsize: | 225px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Russian Empire |
Subdivision Type1: | Krai |
Subdivision Name1: | Southwestern |
Subdivision Type2: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name2: | Podolia |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1795 |
Extinct Title: | Abolished |
Extinct Date: | 1923 |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Proskurov |
Area Total Km2: | 2,691.06 |
Population As Of: | 1897 |
Population Total: | 226,091 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 10.11% |
Population Rural: | 89.89% |
Total Type: | Total |
The Proskurov uezd was a county (uezd) of the Podolia Governorate of the Russian Empire, with its administrative centre in Proskurov (contemporary Khmelnytskyi). It border the Starokonstantinov uezd of the Volhynian Governorate to the north, the Letichev uezd to the east, the Kamenets-Podolsky uezd to the south, and Austria to the west. The area of the uezd covered most of Ukraine's Khmelnytskyi Raion.
The subcounties (volosts) of the Proskurov uezd in 1912 were as follows:[1]
Name | Name in Russian | Capital | |
---|---|---|---|
Kuzmino volost | Кузьминская волость | Kuzmino | |
Malinichi volost | Малиническая волость | Malinichi | |
Pashkovtsy volost | Пашковецкая волость | Pashkovtsy | |
Sarnovo volost | Сарновская волость | Sarnovo | |
Trerelniki volost | Третельникская волость | Tretelniki | |
Felshtin volost | Фельштинская волость | Felshtin | |
Cherno-Ostrov volost | Черно-Островская волость | Cherno-Ostrov | |
Sharovka volost | Шаровская волость | Sharovka | |
Yurintsy volost | Юринецкая волость | Yurintsy | |
Yarmolintsy volost | Ярмолинецкая волость | Yarmolintsy |
At the time of the Russian Empire Census on, the Proskurov uezd had a population of 226,091, including 114,020 men and 112,071 women. The majority of the population indicated Little Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Jewish and Polish speaking minorities.[2]
Language | Native speakers | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
176,685 | 78.15 | ||
27,299 | 12.07 | ||
14,512 | 6.42 | ||
6,586 | 2.91 | ||
570 | 0.25 | ||
179 | 0.08 | ||
60 | 0.03 | ||
44 | 0.02 | ||
32 | 0.01 | ||
22 | 0.01 | ||
9 | 0.00 | ||
9 | 0.00 | ||
8 | 0.00 | ||
6 | 0.00 | ||
5 | 0.00 | ||
3 | 0.00 | ||
Other | 62 | 0.03 | |
Total | 226,091 | 100.00 |