Litin uezd

The Litin uezd[lower-alpha 1] was a county (uezd) of the Podolian Governorate of the Russian Empire. The uezd bordered the Novograd-Volynsky and Zhitomir uezds of the Volhynian Governorate to the north, the Vinnitsa uezd to the east, the Mogilev uezd to the south, and the Ushitsa uezd to the west. It composed most of Vinnytsia Raion. The administrative centre of the county was Litin (modern-day Lityn).

Litin uezd
Литинскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms of Litin uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Podolia Governorate
Location in the Podolia Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
KraiSouthwestern
GovernoratePodolia
Established1796
Abolished31 January 1923
CapitalLitin
Area
 • Total3,322 km2 (1,283 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total210,502
 • Density63/km2 (160/sq mi)
 • Urban
11.77%
 • Rural
88.23%

Administrative divisions

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

NameName in RussianCapital
Bagrinovtsy volostБагриновская волостьBagrinovtsy
Kozhukhov volostКожуховская волостьKozhukhov
Mezhirov volostМежировская волостьMezhirov
Ovsyanniki volostОвсянникская волостьOvsyanniki
Pilyava volostПилявская волостьPilyava
Sosny volostСосонская волостьSosny
Staraya-Sinyava volostСтаро-Синявская волостьStaraya-Sinyava
Tereshpol volostТерешпольская волостьTereshpol
Ulanov volostУлановская волостьUlanov
Khmelnik volostХмѣльникская волостьMazurovka

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, the Litin uezd had a population of 210,502, including 104,182 men and 106,320 women. The majority of the population indicated Little Russian[lower-alpha 2] to be their mother tongue, with a significant Jewish speaking minority.[4]

Linguistic composition of the Litin uezd in 1897[4]
LanguageNative speakersPercentage
Little Russian[lower-alpha 2]175,00783.14
Jewish24,05111.43
Great Russian[lower-alpha 2]6,3683.03
Polish4,3482.07
Romanian2880.14
German1050.05
Gipsy990.05
White Russian[lower-alpha 2]990.05
Czech610.03
Tatar490.02
Bashkir130.01
French80.00
Other60.00
Total210,502100.00

Notes
  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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