Proskurov uezd

The Proskurov uezd[lower-alpha 1] was a county (uezd) of the Podolia Governorate of the Russian Empire, with its administrative centre in Proskurov (contemporary Khmelnytskyi). It border the Starokonstantinov uezd of the Volhynian Governorate to the north, the Letichev uezd to the east, the Kamenets-Podolsky uezd to the south, and Austria to the west. The area of the uezd covered most of Ukraine's Khmelnytskyi Raion.

Proskurov uezd
Проскуровскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms of Proskurov uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Podolia Governorate
Location in the Podolia Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
KraiSouthwestern
GovernoratePodolia
Established1795
Abolished1923
CapitalProskurov
Area
 • Total2,691.06 km2 (1,039.02 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total226,091
 • Density84/km2 (220/sq mi)
 • Urban
10.11%
 • Rural
89.89%

Administrative divisions

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

NameName in RussianCapital
Kuzmino volostКузьминская волостьKuzmino
Malinichi volostМалиническая волостьMalinichi
Pashkovtsy volostПашковецкая волостьPashkovtsy
Sarnovo volostСарновская волостьSarnovo
Trerelniki volostТретельникская волостьTretelniki
Felshtin volostФельштинская волостьFelshtin
Cherno-Ostrov volostЧерно-Островская волостьCherno-Ostrov
Sharovka volostШаровская волостьSharovka
Yurintsy volostЮринецкая волостьYurintsy
Yarmolintsy volostЯрмолинецкая волостьYarmolintsy

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, the Proskurov uezd had a population of 226,091, including 114,020 men and 112,071 women. The majority of the population indicated Little Russian[lower-alpha 2] to be their mother tongue, with significant Jewish and Polish speaking minorities.[4]

Linguistic composition of the Proskurov uezd in 1897[4]
LanguageNative speakersPercentage
Little Russian[lower-alpha 2]176,68578.15
Jewish27,29912.07
Polish14,5126.42
Great Russian[lower-alpha 2]6,5862.91
Tatar5700.25
German1790.08
Romanian600.03
White Russian[lower-alpha 2]440.02
Czech320.01
Chuvash220.01
French90.00
Mordovian90.00
Bashkir80.00
Cheremis60.00
Votyak50.00
Latvian30.00
Other620.03
Total226,091100.00

Notes
    • Russian: Проску́ровскій уѣ́здъ, romanized: Proskúrovskiy uyézd
    • Ukrainian: Проску́рівський пові́т, romanized: Proskúrivsʼkyi 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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