The Proskurov uezd was a county (uezd) of the Podolia Governorate of the Russian Empire, with its administrative centre in Proskurov (contemporary Khmelnytskyi). It border the Starokonstantinov uezd of the Volhynian Governorate to the north, the Letichev uezd to the east, the Kamenets-Podolsky uezd to the south, and Austria to the west. The area of the uezd covered most of Ukraine's Khmelnytskyi Raion.
Administrative divisions The subcounties (volosts) of the Proskurov uezd in 1912 were as follows: Name Name in Russian Capital Kuzmino volost Кузьминская волость Kuzmino Malinichi volost Малиническая волость Malinichi Pashkovtsy volost Пашковецкая волость Pashkovtsy Sarnovo volost Сарновская волость Sarnovo Trerelniki volost Третельникская волость Tretelniki Felshtin volost Фельштинская волость Felshtin Cherno-Ostrov volost Черно-Островская волость Cherno-Ostrov Sharovka volost Шаровская волость Sharovka Yurintsy volost Юринецкая волость Yurintsy Yarmolintsy volost Ярмолинецкая волость Yarmolintsy
Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census on , the Proskurov uezd had a population of 226,091, including 114,020 men and 112,071 women. The majority of the population indicated Little Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Jewish and Polish speaking minorities. + Linguistic composition of the Proskurov uezd in 1897 Language Native speakers Percentage Little Russian 176,685 78.15 Jewish 27,299 12.07 Polish 14,512 6.42 Great Russian 6,586 2.91 Tatar 570 0.25 German 179 0.08 Romanian 60 0.03 White Russian 44 0.02 Czech 32 0.01 Chuvash 22 0.01 French 9 0.00 Mordovian 9 0.00 Bashkir 8 0.00 Cheremis 6 0.00 Votyak 5 0.00 Latvian 3 0.00 Other 62 0.03 Total 226,091 100.00
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