Odessa uezd

Odessa uezd
Одесскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms of Odessa uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Kherson Governorate
Location in the Kherson Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
GovernorateKherson
Established1825
Abolished7 March 1923
CapitalOdessa
Area
 • Total
10,552.11 km2 (4,074.19 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total
610,042
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
 • Urban
69.56%
 • Rural
30.44%

The Odessa uezd[a] was a county (uezd) of the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire. The uezd bordered the Tiraspol and Ananev uezds to the north, the Elisavetgrad uezd to the northeast, the Kherson uezd to the east, the Black Sea to the south, and the Akkerman uezd of the Bessarabia Governorate to the west. The administrative centre of the county was Odessa (Odesa).

Administrative divisions

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

Name Name in Russian Capital
Alexandrovka volost Александровская волость Alexandrovka
Alexandro-feld volost Александрофельдская волость Alexandro-feld
Anatolevka volost Анатольевская волость Anatolevka
Antono-Kudintsevo volost Антоно-Кудинцевская волость Antono-Kudintsevo
Anchekrak-Ilyinskoe volost Анчекракъ-Ильинская волость Ilyinskoe
Baden volost Баденская волость Baden
Bolshoi-Buyalyk volost Больше-Буялыкская волость Bolshoi-Buyalyk
Belka volost Бѣльчанская волость Belka
Belyaevka volost Бѣляевская волость Bulyaevka
Gildendorf volost Гильдендорфская волость Gildendorf
Gradenits volost Граденицкая волость Gradenits
Zelts volost Зельцская волость Zelts
Ilyinka volost Ильинская волость Ilyinka
Kalagleya volost Калаглейская волость Kalagleya
Kovalevka volost Ковалевская волость Kovalevka
Korenikha volost Коренихская волость Korenikha
Kubanka volost Кубанская волость Kubanka
Kurisovo-Pokrovskoe volost Курисово-Покровская волость Kurisovo-Pokrovskoe
Kurtovka volost Кутовская волость Kutovka
Landau volost Ландауская волость Landau
Malo-Buyalykskoe volost Мало-Буялыкская волость Malo-Buyalykskoe
Mangeim volost Мангеймская волость Mangeim
Mariyinskoe volost Маріинская волость Mariyinskoe
Neizats volost Нейзацкая волость Neizats
Neifreidental volost Нейфрейдентальская волость Neifreidental
Nechayannoe volost Нечаенская волость Nechayannoe
Nikolaevskoe volost Николаевская волость Nikolaevskoe
Novo-Pokrovskoe volost Ново-Покровская волость Novo-Pokrovskoe
Petrovskoe volost Петровская волость Petrovskoe
Rasnopol volost Раснопольская волость Rasnopol
Rorbakh volost Рорбахская волость Rorbakh
Severinovka volost Севериновская волость Severinovka
Strasburg volost Страсбургская волость Strasburg
Tuzly volost Тузловская волость Tuzly

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, the Odessa uezd had a population of 610,042. including 322,899 men and 287,143 women. The majority of the population indicated Great Russian[b] to be their mother tongue, with significant Jewish and Little Russian speaking minorities.[4]

Linguistic composition of the Odessa uezd in 1897[4]
Language Native speakers Percentage
Great Russian[b] 228,436 37.45
Jewish 134,020 21.97
Little Russian[b] 133,474 21.88
German 62,658 10.27
Polish 18,467 3.03
Bulgarian 8,290 1.36
Greek 7,535 1.24
Romanian 7,138 1.17
White Russian[b] 1,631 0.27
Tatar 1,516 0.25
Armenian 1,405 0.23
French 1,141 0.19
Italian 723 0.12
Czech 622 0.10
Latvian 410 0.07
Lithuanian 400 0.07
English 357 0.06
Turkish 331 0.05
South Slavic 284 0.05
Estonian 231 0.04
Georgian 188 0.03
Gipsy 169 0.03
Mordovian 59 0.01
Swedish 48 0.01
Others 509 0.08
Total 610,042 100.00

Notes

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  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".[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. 191. 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. ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2019-12-20.