The Kherson uezd was a county (uezd) of the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire, and then of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Ukrainian SSR until the administrative reform of 1923. The uezd bordered the Odessa uezd to the west, the Elisavetgrad uezd to the northwest, the Aleksandriya uezd to the north, the Verkhnedneprovsk and Yekaterinoslav uezds of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate to the east, the Melitopol and Dneprovsk uezds of the Taurida Governorate, and the Black Sea to the south. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Kherson.
Administrative divisions The subcounties (volosts) of the Kherson uezd in 1912 were as follows: Name Name in Russian Capital Alexandrovka volost Александровская волость Alexandrovka Antonovka volost Антоновская волость Antonovka Balatskoe volost Балацковская волость Balatskoe Belozerka volost Бѣлозерская волость Belozerka Vavilovka volost Вавиловская волость Vavilovka Vladimirovka volost Владиміровская волость Vladimirovka Grushevka volost Грушевская волость Grushevka Gurevka volost Гурьевская волость Gurevka Zagradovka volost Заградовская волость Zagradovka Zaselye volost Засельская волость Zaselye Zolotaya Balka volost Затоло-Балковская волость Zolotaya Balka Kazatskoe volost Казацкая волость Kazatskoe Kaluzhskoe volost Калужская волость Kaluzhskoe Kamyanka volost Камянская волость Kamyanka Kachkarovka volost Качкаровская волость Kachkarovka Kislyakovka volost Кисляковская волость Kislyakovka Krivoy Rog volost Криворогская волость Krivoy Rog Kronau volost Кронауская волость Kronau Lyubomirka volost Любомирская волость Lyubomirka Maryinskoe volost Марьинская волость Maryinskoe Mikhailovka volost Михайловская волость Mikhailovka Nikolaevka 1-aya volost Николаевская 1-я волость Nikolaev 1-aya Nikolaevka 2-aya volost Николаевская 2-я волость Nikolaev 2-aya Nikolskoe volost Никольская волость Nikolskoe Novyi Bug volost Ново-Бугская волость Novyi Buh Novo-Vorontsovka volost Ново-Воронцовская волость Novovorontsovka Novo-Nikolaevka volost Ново-Николаевская волость Novo-Nikolaevka Novaya Odessa volost Ново-Одесская волость Novaya Odessa Orlaph volost Орлафская волость Orlaph Otbedovasilevka volost Отбѣдовасильевская волость Otbedovasilevka Pokrovskoe volost Покровская волость Pokrovskoe Poltavka volost Полтавская волость Poltavka Privolnoe volost Привольнянская волость Privolnoe Stanislav volost Станиславская волость Stanislav Staroshvedskoe volost Старошведская волость Staroshvedskoe Ternovka volost Терновская волость Ternovka (now neighborhood of Mykolaiv) Tyaginka volost Тягинская волость Tyaginka Shirokoe volost Широковская волость Shyroke
Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census on , the Kherson uezd had a population of 587,804, including 302,002 men and 285,502 women. The majority of the population indicated Little Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian, Jewish, and German speaking minorities. + Linguistic composition of the Kherson uezd in 1897 Language Native speakers Percentage Ukrainian 323,627 55.06 Russian 144,623 24.60 Jewish 69,674 11.85 German 20,290 3.45 Belarusian 12,558 2.14 Polish 5,152 0.88 Romanian 4,953 0.84 Bulgarian 3,575 0.60 Tatar 1,057 0.18 Swedish 501 0.09 Greek 295 0.05 Gypsy 235 0.04 Czech 192 0.03 Armenian 141 0.02 French 139 0.02 Latvian 129 0.02 English 93 0.01 Turkish 91 0.01 Italian 68 0.01 South Slavic 63 0.01 Estonian 60 0.01 Lithuanian 38 0.00 Mordovian 26 0.00 Georgian 5 0.00 Others 119 0.02 Total 587,804 100.00
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