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Aleksandriya uezd Александрійскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Kherson Governorate
Country	Russian Empire
Governorate	Kherson
Established	1784
Abolished	7 March 1923
Capital	Aleksandriya
Area
• Total	11,165.07 km (4,310.86 sq mi)
Population
• Total	416,576
• Density	37/km (97/sq mi)
• Urban	6.15%
• Rural	93.85%

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 Yekaterinoslav Governorate to the east, the Kherson uezd to the south, and the Elisavetgrad uezd to the west. The Aleksandriya uezd was eponymously named for its administrative center, Aleksandriya (modern-day Oleksandriia).

Administrative divisions

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

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, the Aleksandriya uezd had a population of 416,576, including 209,168 men and 207,408 women. The majority of the population indicated Little Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Great Russian and Jewish speaking minorities.

Notes

1. • Russian: Александрі́йскій уѣ́здъ, romanized: Aleksandríyskiy uyézd
   • Ukrainian: Олександрі́йський пові́т, romanized: Oleksandríisʼkyi povít
2. ^ 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". Also, the Belarusian Democratic Republic which the White Russians identified themselves as "Belarusian".

References

1. Волостныя, станичныя, сельския, гминныя правления и управления, а также полицейские станы всей России с обозначением места их нахождения [Volostny, stanichnaya, rural, communes of government and administration, as well as police camps throughout Russia with the designation of their location]. Kiev: Izd-vo T-va L. M. Fish. 1913. p. 190. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11.
2. Hamm, Michael F. (2014). Kiev: A Portrait, 1800–1917. Princeton University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-4008-5151-5.
3. Fortson IV, Benjamin W. (2011). Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction. John Wiley & Sons. p. 429. ISBN 978-1-4443-5968-8.
4. ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2019-12-20.

• Aleksandriysky Uyezd
• Uezds of Kherson Governorate
• Kherson Governorate