Mogilev uezd (Podolia Governorate)

The Mogilev uezd[lower-alpha 1] was a county (uezd) of the Podolia Governorate of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Letichev and Litin uezds to the north, the Yampol uezd to the east, the Soroka uezd to the south, and the Ushitsa uezd to the west. The administrative centre of the county was Mogilev-Podolsky (modern-day Mohyliv-Podilskyi). The uezd included most of Mohyliv-Podilskyi and Zhmerynka Raions of Ukraine.

Mogilev uezd
Могилевскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms of Mogilev uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Podolia Governorate
Location in the Podolia Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
KraiSouthwestern
GovernoratePodolia
Established1795
Abolished1923
CapitalMogilev-Podolsky
Area
 • Total2,746.14 km2 (1,060.29 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total227,672
 • Density83/km2 (210/sq mi)
 • Urban
14.19%
 • Rural
85.81%

Administrative divisions

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

NameName in RussianCapital
Bronitsa volostБроницкая волостьBronitsa
Vendychany volostВендычанская волостьVendychany
Kopai-Gorod volostКопай-Городская волостьKopai-Gorod
Kotyuzhany volostКотюжанская волостьVysshiy Olchedaev
Kukavka volostКукавская волостьKukavka
Luchinets volostЛучинецкая волостьLuchinets
Maryanovka volostМарьяновская волостьMaryanovka
Ozarintsy volostОзаринецкая волостьOzarintsy
Belyany-Shargorod volostСербянская волостьBelyany-Shargorod
Snitkov volostСнитковская волостьSnikov
Tereshki volostТерешковская волостьTereshki
Khonkovtsy volostХоньковская волостьKhonkovtsy
Shargorod volostШаргородская волостьShargorod
Yaryshev volostЯрышевская волостьYaryshev

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, the Mogilev uezd had a population of 227,672, including 112,856 men and 114,816 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 Mogilev uezd in 1897[4]
LanguageNative speakersPercentage
Little Russian[lower-alpha 2]183,35380.53
Jewish33,03614.51
Great Russian[lower-alpha 2]6,3772.80
Polish4,2491.87
German1750.08
Tatar1210.05
Czech1010.04
White Russian[lower-alpha 2]980.04
Cheremis400.02
French250.01
Romanian230.01
Bashkir190.01
Cheremis180.01
Latvian30.00
Gipsy20.00
Other320.01
Total227,672100.00

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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