The Tiraspol uezd was a county (uezd) of the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire. The uezd bordered the Balta uezd of the Podolia Governorate to the north, the Ananev uezd to the east, the Odessa uezd to the south, and the Akkerman and Bendery uezd of the Bessarabia Governorate to the west. The administrative centre of the county was Tiraspol. Today, the historic territory of Tiraspol uezd is split between Odesa Oblast in Ukraine, and the breakaway territory of Transnistria, which is a part of Moldova.
Administrative divisions The subcounties (volosts) of the Tiraspol uezd in 1912 were as follows: Name Name in Russian Capital Glikstal volost Гликстальская волость Glikstal Gofnungstal volost Гофнунгстальская волость Tsebrikova Demidovka volost Демидовская волость Demidovka Dubovoe volost Дубовская волость Dubovoe Evgenievka volost Евгеніевская волость Evgenievka Zakharevka volost Захарьевская волость Zakharevka Kassel volost Кассельская волость Kassel Katarzhina volost Катаржинская волость Katarzhina Korotkoe volost Коротнянская волость Korotkoe Lunga volost Лунговская волость Lunga Malaeshty 1-oe volost Малаештская 1-ая волость Malaeshty 1-oe Malaeshty 2-oe volost Малаештская 2-ая волость Malaeshty 2-oe Maligonova volost Малигоновская волость Maligonova Novo-Petrovka volost Ново-Петровская волость Mikhailovka Parkany volost Парканская волость Parkany Petroverovka volost Петровѣровская волость Petroverovka Ploskaya volost Плосковская волость Ploskaya Ponyatovka volost Понятовская волость Ponyatovka Rossiyanka volost Россіяновская волость Rossiyanka Slobodzeya volost Слободзейская волость Slobodzeya Tashlyk volost Ташлыкская волость Tashlyk
Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census on , the Tiraspol uezd had a population of 240,145, including 123,218 men and 116,927 women. The majority of the population indicated Little Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Romanian, Great Russian, Jewish, and German speaking minorities.
+ Linguistic composition of the Tiraspol uezd in 1897 Language Native speakers Percentage Ukrainian language 80,049 33.33 Romanian 59,794 24.90 Great Russian 40,703 16.95 Jewish 23,811 9.92 German 23,527 9.80 Bulgarian 8,801 3.66 Polish 1,907 0.79 Armenian 475 0.20 White Russian 352 0.15 Gipsy 261 0.11 Tatar 138 0.06 Greek 106 0.04 Czech 76 0.03 Mordovian 34 0.01 Italian 18 0.01 Latvian 15 0.01 French 13 0.01 South Slavic 11 0.00 Lithuanian 10 0.00 Estonian 9 0.00 Georgian 3 0.00 Turkish 3 0.00 Swedish 2 0.00 English 1 0.00 Others 66 0.03 Total 240,145 100.00
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