Ushitsa uezd
Ушицкій уѣздъ
Coat of arms of Ushitsa uezd
Location in the Podolia Governorate
Location in the Podolia Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
KraiSouthwestern
GovernoratePodolia
Established1795
Abolished1923
CapitalNovaya Ushytsa
Area
  Total2,840.26 km2 (1,096.63 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
  Total223,312
  Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
  Urban
5.76%
  Rural
94.24%

The Ushitsa uezd[lower-alpha 1] was a county (uezd) of the Podolia Governorate of the Russian Empire. The uezd bordered Letichev uezd to the north, the Mogilev uezd to the east, the Khotin uezd of the Bessarabia Governorate to the south, and the Kamenets-Podolsky uezd to the west. It included most of Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion of Ukraine. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Novaya Ushitsa (modern-day Nova Ushytsia).

Administrative divisions

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

NameName in RussianCapital
Grushka volostГрушская волостьGrushka
Dunaevtsy volostДунаевецкая волостьDunaevtsy
Kalyus volostКалюсская волостьKalyus
Kapustyantsy volostКапустянская волостьKapustyantsy
Kitai-Gorod volostКитай-Городская волостьKitai-Gorod
Kosikovtsy volostКосиковецкая волостьKosikovtsy
Lystsy volostЛысецская волостьZhvanchik
Minkovtsy volostМиньковецкая волостьMinkovtsy
Mukarov volostМукаровская волостьPodlesnyi-Mukarov
Murovannye-Kurilovtsy volostМурованно-Куриловецкая волостьMurovannye-Kurilovtsy
Oslamov volostОсламовская волостьOslamov
Pilipkovtsy volostПилипковецкая волостьPilipkovtsy
Rakhnovka volostРахновецкая волостьRakhnovka
Solobkovtsy volostСолобковецкая волостьSolobkovtsy
Strugi volostСтругская волостьStrugi

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Ushitsky Uyezd had a population of 223,312. Of these, 84.6% spoke Ukrainian, 11.4% Yiddish, 2.3% Russian, 1.2% Polish, 0.4% German and 0.1% Moldovan or Romanian as their native language.[2]

Notes

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. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
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