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Tiraspol uezd Тираспольскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Kherson Governorate
Country	Russian Empire
Governorate	Kherson
Established	1803
Abolished	1923
Capital	Tiraspol
Area
• Total	7,228.97 km (2,791.12 sq mi)
Population
• Total	206,568
• Density	29/km (74/sq mi)
• Urban	21.37%
• Rural	78.63%

The Tiraspol uezd was a county (uezd) of the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire. The uezd bordered the Balta uezd of the Podolia Governorate to the north, the Ananev uezd to the east, the Odessa uezd to the south, and the Akkerman and Bendery uezd of the Bessarabia Governorate to the west. The administrative centre of the county was Tiraspol. The area of the Tiraspol uezd corresponded to most of Odesa Oblast and the breakaway territory of Transnistria, which is a part of Moldova.

Administrative divisions

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

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, the Tiraspol uezd had a population of 240,145, including 123,218 men and 116,927 women. The majority of the population indicated Little Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Romanian, Great Russian, Jewish, and German speaking minorities.

Notes

1. • Russian: Тира́спольскій уѣ́здъ, romanized: Tiráspolʼskiy uyézd
   • Ukrainian: Тира́спольський пові́т, romanized: Tyráspolʼsʼkyi povít
   • Moldovan Cyrillic: Цинутул Тираспол, romanized: Ținutul Tiraspol
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. 191. 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.

• Tiraspolsky Uyezd
• Uezds of Kherson Governorate
• Kherson Governorate