Elisavetgrad uezd

Uezd in Kherson, Russian Empire

Elisavetgrad uezd

Елисаветградскій уѣздъ

Uezd

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%

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]

## Administrative divisions

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The subcounties (volosts) of the Elisavetgrad uezd in 1912 were as follows:[2]

Name | Name in Russian | Capital

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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

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At 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]

Linguistic composition of the Elisavetgrad uezd in 1897[5] Language | Native speakers | Percentage

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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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1. ^

* Russian: Елисаветгра́дскій уѣ́здъ, romanized: Yelisavetgrádskiy uyézd
* Ukrainian: Єлисаветгра́дський пові́т, romanized: Yelisavethrádsʼkyi povít

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".[3] Also, the Belarusian Democratic Republic which the White Russians identified themselves as "Belarusian".[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Скаржинские — Фаберова дача".
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ Hamm, Michael F. (2014). Kiev: A Portrait, 1800–1917. Princeton University Press. p. 83\. ISBN 978-1-4008-5151-5.
4. ^ Fortson IV, Benjamin W. (2011). Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction. John Wiley & Sons. p. 429\. ISBN 978-1-4443-5968-8.
5. ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2019-12-20.