The Elisavetgrad uezd[a] was a county (uezd) of the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire, with its administrative center in Yelisavetgrad (modern Kropyvnytskyi). It bordered the Zvenigorodka and Chigirin uezds of the Kiev Governorate to the north, the Aleksandriya uezd to the east, the Kherson uezd to the south, and the Ananev uezd to the west. The uezd corresponded to Kirovohrad and Mykolaiv Oblasts. Most of the land was owned by the noble Skarzynski family until 1909.[1]
Elisavetgrad uezd
Елисаветградскій уѣздъ | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in the Kherson Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Governorate | Kherson |
| Established | 1776 and 1865 |
| Abolished | 1828 and 1923 |
| Capital | Elisavetgrad |
| Area | |
• Total | 15,866.86 km2 (6,126.23 sq mi) |
| Population (1897) | |
• Total | 613,283 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 17.57% |
| • Rural | 82.43% |
Administrative divisions
editThe subcounties (volosts) of the Elisavetgrad uezd in 1912 were as follows:[2]
| Name | Name in Russian | Capital |
|---|---|---|
| Akimovka volost | Акимовская волость | Akimovka |
| Alexandrovka volost | Александровская волость | Alexandrovka |
| Alexeevka volost | Алексѣевская волость | Alexeevka |
| Anninskoe volost | Аннинская волость | Stogovka-Anninskoe |
| Annovka volost | Анновская волость | Annovka |
| Antonovka volost | Антоновская волость | Antonovka |
| Berezovka volost | Березовская волость | Berezovka |
| Blagodatnoe volost | Благодатновская волость | Blagodatnoe |
| Bolshaya-Byska volost | Болше-Высковская волость | Bolshaya-Byska |
| Bratskoe volost | Братская волость | Bratskoe |
| Viktorshtad volost | Викторштадская волость | Viktorshtad |
| Vityazevka volost | Витязевская волость | Vityazevka |
| Vladimirovka volost | Владимировская волость | Vladimirovka |
| Voznesensk volost | Вознесенская волость | Voznesensk |
| Vozsiyatskoe volost | Возсіятовская волость | Vozsiyatskoe |
| Glodossy volost | Глодосская волость | Glodossy |
| Gruzschany volost | Грузсчанская волость | Gruzschany |
| Gromkleya | Громклея | Gromkleya |
| Gobro-Velichkovka volost | Гобро-Величковская волость | Dobro-Velichkovka |
| Elanets volost | Еленецкая волость | Elenets |
| Zlynka volost | Злынская волость | Zlynka |
| Kazanka volost | Казанская волость | Kazanka |
| Ketrisanovka volost | Кетрисановская волость | Ketrisanovka |
| Kompaneevka volost | Компанеевская волость | Kompaneevka |
| Konstantinovka volost | Константиновская волость | Konstantinovka |
| Lipnyazhka volost | Липняжская волость | Lipnyazhka |
| Lozovatka volost | Лозоватская волость | Lozovatka |
| Lysaya-Gora volost | Лысогорская волость | Lysaya-Gora |
| Lyubomirka volost | Любомирская волость | Lyubomirka |
| Malaya Vyska volost | Мало-Высковская волость | Malaya Vyska |
| Martonosha volost | Мартоношская волость | Martonosha |
| Nadlak volost | Надлакская волость | Nadlak |
| Nechaevo volost | Нечаевская волость | Nechaevo |
| Novo-Arkhangelsk volost | Ново-Архангельская волость | Novo-Arkhangelsk |
| Novo-Mirgorod volost | Ново-Миргородская волость | Novo-Mirgorod |
| Oboznovka volost | Обозновская волость | Oboznovka |
| Olgopol volost | Ольгопольская волость | Olgopol |
| Olshanka volost | Ольшанкаская волость | Olshanka |
| Pavlovsk volost | Павловская волость | Pavlovsk |
| Panchevsk volost | Панчевская волость | Panchevsk |
| Peschanyi Brod volost | Песчано-Бродская волость | Peschanyi Brod |
| Pletenyi Tashlyk volost | Плетено-Ташлыкская волость | Pletenyi Tashlyk |
| Rovnoe volost | Ровенская волость | Rovnoe |
| Semenastoe volost | Семенастовская волость | Sememastoe |
| Tatarka volost | Татарская волость | Tatarka |
| Tishkovka volost | Тишковская волость | Tishkovka |
| Trikraty volost | Трикратская волость | Trikraty |
| Ustinovka volost | Устиновская волость | Ustinovka |
| Khmelevoe volost | Хмѣлевская волость | Khmelevoe |
| Shcherbani volost | Щербановская волость | Shcherbani |
| Erdelevka volost | Эрделевская волость | Erdelevka |
Demographics
editAt the time of the Russian Empire Census on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, the Elisavetgrad uezd had a population of 613,283, including 309,089 men and 304,194 women. The majority of the population indicated Little Russian[b] to be their mother tongue, with significant Great Russian, Jewish and Romanian speaking minorities.[5]
| Language | Native speakers | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Little Russian[b] | 405,546 | 66.13 |
| Great Russian[b] | 93,381 | 15.23 |
| Jewish | 57,581 | 9.39 |
| Romanian | 36,819 | 6.00 |
| White Russian[b] | 5,842 | 0.95 |
| German | 5,445 | 0.89 |
| Bulgarian | 4,608 | 0.75 |
| Polish | 2,620 | 0.43 |
| Gipsy | 433 | 0.07 |
| Tatar | 363 | 0.06 |
| Greek | 148 | 0.02 |
| Czech | 89 | 0.01 |
| Turkish | 61 | 0.01 |
| Latvian | 49 | 0.01 |
| French | 34 | 0.01 |
| Armenian | 23 | 0.00 |
| English | 21 | 0.00 |
| Italian | 15 | 0.00 |
| South Slavic | 14 | 0.00 |
| Mordovian | 9 | 0.00 |
| Swedish | 8 | 0.00 |
| Lithuanian | 7 | 0.00 |
| Georgian | 3 | 0.00 |
| Estonian | 1 | 0.00 |
| Others | 163 | 0.03 |
| Total | 613,283 | 100.00 |
Notes
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- ^ 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".[3] Also, the Belarusian Democratic Republic which the White Russians identified themselves as "Belarusian".[4]
References
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- ^ Hamm, Michael F. (2014). Kiev: A Portrait, 1800–1917. Princeton University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-4008-5151-5.
- ^ Fortson IV, Benjamin W. (2011). Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction. John Wiley & Sons. p. 429. ISBN 978-1-4443-5968-8.
- ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2019-12-20.