Podolia Governorate
Podolia Governorate
Подольская губерния | |
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Country | Russian Empire |
Krai | Southwestern |
Established | 1793 |
Abolished | 1925 |
Capital |
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Area | |
• Total | 42,017 km2 (16,223 sq mi) |
Population (1897) | |
• Total | 3,018,299 |
• Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
• Urban | 7.35% |
• Rural | 92.65% |
Podolia Governorate
It was created from the
History
The Government of Podolia was established right after the
Location
The Podolia Governorate occupied the southwestern frontier of the former Russian empire, bordering Austria-Hungary, and had an area of about 42,000 km2. The administrative centre was Kamenets-Podolskiy until 1914 when it moved to Vinnytsia.
Podolia Governorate was one of the three governorates of the Southwestern Krai administration. In 1917 it was recognized by the Russian Provisional Government to be governed by the General Secretariat of Ukraine as the representative of the Russian Provisional Government in the region.
Administrative division
Uyezd subdivision
Until 1918 the governorate consisted of 12
County | County Town | Arms of County Town | Area | Population ( 1897 census )
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Transliteration name | Russian Cyrillic | ||||
Baltsky | Балтский | Balta | 7,766.25 km2 (2,998.57 sq mi) |
391,018 | |
Bratslavsky | Брацлавский | Bratslav | 3,079.93 km2 (1,189.17 sq mi) |
241,868 | |
Vinnitsky | Винницкий | Vinnitsa | 2,980.92 km2 (1,150.94 sq mi) |
248,314 | |
Gaysinsky | Гайсинский | Gaysin | 3,383.11 km2 (1,306.23 sq mi) |
248,142 | |
Kamenets-Podolsky | Каменец-Подольский | Kamenets-Podolsky | 2,884.19 km2 (1,113.59 sq mi) |
266,350 | |
Letichevsky | Летичевский | Letichev | 2,699.14 km2 (1,042.14 sq mi) |
184,477 | |
Litinsky | Литинский | Litin | 3,322 km2 (1,283 sq mi) |
210,502 | |
Mogilyovsky | Могилёвский | Mogilyov | 2,746.14 km2 (1,060.29 sq mi) |
227,672 | |
Novoushitsky | Новоушицкий | Novaya Ushitsa | 2,840.26 km2 (1,096.63 sq mi) |
223,312 | |
Olgopolsky | Ольгопольский | Olgopol | 4,008.14 km2 (1,547.55 sq mi) |
284,253 | |
Proskurovsky | Проскуровский | Proskurov |
2,691.06 km2 (1,039.02 sq mi) |
226,091 | |
Yampolsky | Ямпольский | Yampol | 3,618.01 km2 (1,396.92 sq mi) |
266,300 |
Okruha subdivision
On 12 April 1923 all uyezds (counties) were transformed into
- Vinnytsia
- Haisyn
- Kamianets
- Mohyliv
- Proskuriv
- Tulchyn
Principal cities
Russian Census of 1897:
- Kamenets/Podolsky– 35 934 (Jewish – 16 112, Ukrainian – 9 755, Russian – 7 420)
- Vinnitsa– 30 563 (Jewish – 11 456, Ukrainian – 10 862, Russian – 5 206)
- Balta – 23 363 (Jewish – 13 164, Russian – 5 385, Ukrainian – 4 124)
- Proskurov– 22 855 (Jewish – 11 369, Ukrainian – 4 425, Russian – 3 483)
- Mogilev/Dnestr– 22 315 (Jewish – 12 188, Ukrainian – 6 512, Russian – 2 668)
- Zhmerinka– 12 908
- Khmelnik– 11 657 (Jewish – 5 979, Ukrainian – 5 375, Polish – 150)
Smaller cities
- Bar– 9 982 (Jewish – 5 764, Ukrainian – 3 332, Russian – 485)
- Lityn – 9 420 (Jewish – 3 828, Ukrainian – 3 047, Russian – 2 126)
- Gaysin – 9 374 (Jewish – 4 322, Ukrainian – 3 946, Russian – 884)
- Olgopol – 8 134 (Ukrainian – 4 837, Jewish – 2 465, Russian – 625)
- Bratslav – 7 863 (Jewish – 3 275, Ukrainian – 2 608, Russian – 1 782)
- Letichev– 7 248 (Jewish – 4 105, Ukrainian – 1 719, Polish – 741)
- Yampol – 6 605 (Ukrainian – 3 282, Jewish – 2 819, Russian – 275)
- Novaya Ushytsa– 6 371 (Jewish – 2 214, Russian – 2 120, Ukrainian – 1 836)
- Staraya Ushytsa – 4 176 (Ukrainian – 2 488, Jewish – 1 584, Polish – 57)
- Salnitsa – 3 699 (Ukrainian – 2 758, Jewish – 899, Polish – 19)
- Verbovets – 2 311 (Ukrainian – 1 282, Jewish – 661, Polish – 326)
Language
According to the
Language | Native speakers | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Little Russian[b] | 2,442,819 | 80.93 |
Jewish | 369,306 | 12.24 |
Great Russian[b] | 98,984 | 3.28 |
Polish | 69,156 | 2.29 |
Romanian | 26,764 | 0.89 |
German | 4,069 | 0.13 |
Tatar | 2,296 | 0.08 |
Bashkir | 1,113 | 0.04 |
Czech | 886 | 0.03 |
White Russian[b] | 834 | 0.03 |
Roma | 510 | 0.02 |
Votyak | 254 | 0.01 |
French | 245 | 0.01 |
Chuvash | 137 | 0.00 |
Mordovian | 136 | 0.00 |
Latvian | 112 | 0.00 |
Cheremis | 101 | 0.00 |
Other languages | 577 | 0.02 |
TOTAL | 3,018,299 | 100.00 |
Faith | Male | Female | Both | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percentage | |||
Eastern Orthodox | 1,180,148 | 1,178,349 | 2,358,497 | 78.14 |
Judaism | 179,612 | 191,000 | 370,612 | 12.28 |
Roman Catholic | 131,145 | 131,593 | 262,738 | 8.70 |
Old Believer | 9,357 | 9,492 | 18,849 | 0.62 |
Lutheran | 2,020 | 1,795 | 3,815 | 0.13 |
Islam | 3,427 | 33 | 3,460 | 0.11 |
Armenian Apostolic | 65 | 29 | 94 | 0.00 |
Reformed |
30 | 26 | 56 | 0.00 |
Armenian Catholic | 23 | 14 | 37 | 0.00 |
Karaite | 11 | 13 | 24 | 0.00 |
Anglican | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.00 |
Mennonite | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 |
Baptist | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 |
Other Christian denomination | 12 | 9 | 21 | 0.00 |
Other non-Christian denomination | 84 | 0 | 84 | 0.00 |
Total | 1,505,940 | 1,512,359 | 3,018,299 | 100.00 |
- Religious structures
- Churches
- Eastern Orthodox1645
- Roman Catholic (kosciol) 202
- Lutheran4
- Monasteries
- Eastern Orthodox7 (male), 4 (female)
- Synagogues 89
- other Shul(s) 438
- Mosque(s) 1
See also
Notes
- ^
- Russian: Подо́льская губе́рния, pre-1918: Подо́льская губе́рнія, romanized: Podólʼskaya gubérniya
- Ukrainian: Поді́льська губе́рнія, romanized: Podílʼsʼka hubérniia
- ^ a b c d 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
- ^ a b "Demoscope Weekly – Annex. Statistical indicators reference". demoscape.ru. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-4008-5151-5.
- ISBN 978-1-4443-5968-8.
- ^ Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей.. demoscope.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 3 May 2023.