Vinnitsa uezd


The Vinnitsa uezd was a county of the Podolian Governorate of the Russian Empire. The uezd bordered the Zhitomir uezd of the Volhynian Governorate to the north, the Berdichev uezd of the Kiev Governorate to the northeast, the Bratslav uezd to the east, the Yampol uezd to the south, and the Litin uezd to the west. The administrative centre of the county was Vinnitsa. The county composed most of Vinnytsia Raion of contemporary Ukraine.

Administrative divisions

The subcounties of the Vinnitsa uezd in 1912 were as follows:
NameName in RussianCapital
Bolshoi-Ostrozhek volostБольше-Острожецкая волостьBolshoi-Ostrozhek
Brailov volostБраиловская волостьBrailov
Gavrishovka volostГавришовская волостьGavrishovka
Kalinovka volostКалиновская волостьKalinovka
Maloe-Kutyshche volostМало-Кутыщанская волостьMaloe-Kutyshche
Pikov volostПиковская волостьPikov
Stanislavchik volostСтаниславчикская волостьStanislavchik
Strizhavka volostСтрижавская волостьStrizhavka
Tyvrov volostТывровская волостьTyvrov
Yuzvin volostЮзвинская волостьYuzvin

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census on, the Vinnitsa uezd had a population of 248,314, including 127,006 men and 121,308 women. The majority of the population indicated Little Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Jewish, Great Russian and Polish speaking minorities.
LanguageNative speakersPercentage
Little Russian184,84774.44
Jewish30,74212.38
Russian17,6647.11
Polish12,6905.11
Bashkir6340.26
Tatar5390.22
German3520.14
White Russian2310.09
Czech1860.07
Mordovian800.03
Chuvash560.02
Gipsy560.02
Cheremis530.02
Latvian370.01
French260.01
Votyak250.01
Romanian190.00
Other770.03
Total248,314100.00