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'') of the

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of the

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, with its administrative center in Yelisavetgrad (modern

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). It bordered the

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and Chigirin uezds of the

Kiev Governorate Kiev Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire (1796–1917), Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–18; 1918–1921), Ukrainian State (1918), and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–19 ...

to the north, the

Aleksandriya uezd The Aleksandriya uezd was a county (''uezd'') of the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Chigirin uezd of the Kiev Governorate to the north, the Kremenchug uezd to the northeast, the Verkhnedneprovsk uezd of the Yekaterino ...

to the east, the Kherson uezd to the south, and the Ananev uezd to the west. The uezd corresponded to

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and Mykolaiv Oblasts. Most of the land was owned by the noble Skarzynski family until 1909.

Administrative divisions

The subcounties ('' volosts'') of the Elisavetgrad uezd in 1912 were as follows:

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census on , the Elisavetgrad uezd had a population of 613,283, including 309,089 men and 304,194 women. The majority of the population indicated

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to be their mother tongue, with significant

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and

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speaking minorities.

Notes

References

{{Reflist Uezds of Kherson Governorate Kherson Governorate