The Letichev uezd was a county (''

uezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd or uiezd; rus, уе́зд ( pre-1918: уѣздъ), p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context () was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the ...

'') of the

Podolian Governorate Podolia Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire. It bordered Volhynian Governorate to the north, Kiev Governorate to the east, Kherson Governorate to the southeast, Bess ...

of the

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. The uezd bordered the Starokonstantinov uezd of the

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, the Litin uezd to the east, the Mogilev uezd to the southeast, the

Ushitsa uezd The Ushitsa uezd was a county (uezd) of the Podolia Governorate of the Russian Empire. The uezd bordered Letichev uezd to the north, the Mogilev uezd to the east, the Khotin uezd of the Bessarabia Governorate to the south, and the Kamenets-Pod ...

to the south, and the Proskurov uezd to the west. The area of the uezd encompassed most of

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. The administrative centre of the county was Letichev (contemporary

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Administrative divisions

The subcounties (''

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s'') of the Letichev uezd in 1912 were as follows:

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census on , the Letichev uezd had a population of 184,477, including 92,618 men and 91,859 women. The majority of the population indicated

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to be their mother tongue, with a significant

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speaking minority.

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References

{{Authority control Uezds of Podolia Governorate