The Ushitsa uezd 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: Name Name in Russian Capital Grushka volost Грушская волость Grushka Dunaevtsy volost Дунаевецкая волость Dunaevtsy Kalyus volost Калюсская волость Kalyus Kapustyantsy volost Капустянская волость Kapustyantsy Kitai-Gorod volost Китай-Городская волость Kitai-Gorod Kosikovtsy volost Косиковецкая волость Kosikovtsy Lystsy volost Лысецская волость Zhvanchik Minkovtsy volost Миньковецкая волость Minkovtsy Mukarov volost Мукаровская волость Podlesnyi-Mukarov Murovannye-Kurilovtsy volost Мурованно-Куриловецкая волость Murovannye-Kurilovtsy Oslamov volost Осламовская волость Oslamov Pilipkovtsy volost Пилипковецкая волость Pilipkovtsy Rakhnovka volost Рахновецкая волость Rakhnovka Solobkovtsy volost Солобковецкая волость Solobkovtsy Strugi volost Стругская волость Strugi
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.
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