Yampol uezd
Ямпольскій уѣздъ
Coat of arms of Yampol uezd
Location in the Podolia Governorate
Location in the Podolia Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
KraiSouthwestern
GovernoratePodolia
Established1795
Abolished1923
CapitalYampol
Area
  Total3,618.01 km2 (1,396.92 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
  Total266,300
  Density74/km2 (190/sq mi)
  Urban
2.48%
  Rural
97.52%

The Yampol uezd[lower-alpha 1] was a county (uezd) of the Podolia Governorate of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Vinnitsa uezd to the north, the Bratslav and Olgopol uezds to the east, the Soroka uezd to the south, and the Mogilev uezd to the west. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Yampol (modern-day Yampil).

Administrative divisions

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

NameName in RussianCapital
Babchintsy volostБабчинецкая волостьBabchintsy
Velikaya Kosnitsa volostВелико-Косницкая волостьVelikaya Kosnitsa
Dzygovka volostДзыговская волостьDzygovka
Klembovka volostКлембовская волостьKlembovka
Komar-Gorod volostКомаръ-Городская волостьKomar-Gorod
Krasnoe volostКраснянская волостьKrasnoe
Murafa volostМурафская волостьMurafa
Penkovka volostПеньковская волостьPenkovka
Rozhnyatovka volostРожнятовская волостьRozhnyatovka
Timanovskaya volostТимановская волостьLipovka-Timanovskaya
Tomashpol volostТомашпольская волостьTomashpol
Chernovtsy volostЧерновецкая волостьChernovtsy
Yampol volostЯмпольская волостьYampol
Yaruga volostЯругаская волостьYaruga

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, the Yampol uezd had a population of 266,300, including 131,330 men and 134,970 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 Yampol uezd in 1897[4]
LanguageNative speakersPercentage
Little Russian[lower-alpha 2]228,10285.66
Jewish27,74410.42
Great Russian[lower-alpha 2]4,9661.86
Polish4,7161.77
German5860.22
Romanian500.02
Czech390.01
French260.01
Gipsy230.01
White Russian[lower-alpha 2]100.00
Mordovian30.00
Tatar30.00
Latvian20.00
Votyak10.00
Other290.01
Total266,300100.00

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
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