Kamenets-Podolsky uezd

The Kamenets-Podolsky uezd[lower-alpha 1] was a county (uezd) of the Podolian Governorate of the Russian Empire. The uezd bordered the Proskurov uezd to the north, the Ushitsa uezd to the east, the Khotin uezd to the south, and Austria to the west. Its administrative centre of the county was Kamenets-Podolsky (modern-day Kamianets-Podilskyi). The county covered most of the area of Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion.

Kamenets-Podolsky uezd
Каменецъ-Подольскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms of Kamenets-Podolsky uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Podolia Governorate
Location in the Podolia Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
KraiSouthwestern
GovernoratePodolia
Established1795
Abolished1923
CapitalKamenets-Podolsky
Area
 • Total2,884.19 km2 (1,113.59 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total266,350
 • Density92/km2 (240/sq mi)
 • Urban
13.49%
 • Rural
86.51%

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (volosts) of the Kamenets-Podolsky uezd in 1912 were as follows:[1]

NameName in RussianCapital
Bogovitsa volostБаговицкая волостьBogovitsa
Balin volostБалинская волостьBalin
Berezhanka volostБережанская волостьBerezhanka
Gavrilovtse volostГавриловецкая волостьGavrilovtse
Gorodok volostГородокская волостьGorodok
Dolzhok volostДолжецкая волостьDolzhok
Kupin volostКупинская волостьKupin
Kuyavy volostКуявская волостьKuyavy
Lyantskorun volostЛянцкорунская волостьLyantskorun
Makov volostМаковская волостьMakov
Olkhovets volostОльховецкая волостьOlkhovets
Orynin volostОрынинская волостьOrynin
Rykhta volostРыхтецкая волостьRykhta
Smotrich volostСмотричская волостьSmotrich
Tsykova volostЦыковская волостьTsykova

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, the Kamenets-Podolsky uezd had a population of 266,350, including 132,750 men and 133,600 women. The majority of the population indicated Little Russian[lower-alpha 2] to be their mother tongue, with significant Jewish and Great Russian speaking minorities.[4]

Linguistic composition of the Kamenets-Podolsky uezd in 1897[4]
LanguageNative speakersPercentage
Little Russian[lower-alpha 2]210,26492.89
Jewish37,11416.40
Great Russian[lower-alpha 2]10,9224.83
Polish7,2753.21
German2300.10
Tatar2180.10
White Russian[lower-alpha 2]940.04
Votyak760.03
French320.01
Czech300.01
Romanian100.00
Bashkir90.00
Cheremis90.00
Mordovian50.00
Chuvash20.00
Gipsy10.00
Latvian10.00
Other580.03
Total226,350100.00

Notes
    • Russian: Ка́менецъ-Подо́льскій уѣ́здъ, romanized: Kámenets-Podólʼskiy uyézd
    • Ukrainian: Ка́м'янець-Поді́льський пові́т, romanized: Kámianetsʼ-Podílʼsʼkyi povít
  2. 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".[2] Also, the Belarusian Democratic Republic which the White Russians identified themselves as "Belarusian".[3]

References
  1. 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. 162. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11.
  2. Hamm, Michael F. (2014). Kiev: A Portrait, 1800–1917. Princeton University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-4008-5151-5.
  3. Fortson IV, Benjamin W. (2011). Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction. John Wiley & Sons. p. 429. ISBN 978-1-4443-5968-8.
  4. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
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