{{Infobox settlement | name = Odessa uezd | native_name = Одесскій уѣздъ | native_name_lang = ru | settlement_type = Uezd | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Kherson Governorate 1878.svg | image_map = Kherson Governorate Odessky uezd.svg | mapsize = 225px | map_caption = Location in the Kherson Governorate | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Russian Empire | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = Kherson | established_title = Established | established_date = 1825 | extinct_title = Abolished | extinct_date = 7 March 1923 | seat_type = Capital | seat = Odessa | area_total_km2 = 10552.11 | population_as_of = 1897 | population_total = 610,042 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_urban = 69.56% | population_rural = 30.44% | total_type = Total }}
The '''Odessa uezd'''{{efn|{{bulleted list|{{Langx|ru|Оде́сскій уѣ́здъ|translit=Odésskiy uyézd|label=Russian}}|{{Langx|uk|Оде́ський пові́т|Odésʼkyi povít}}}}}} was a county (''uezd'') of the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire. The uezd bordered the Tiraspol and Ananev uezds to the north, the Elisavetgrad uezd to the northeast, the Kherson uezd to the east, the Black Sea to the south, and the Akkerman uezd of the Bessarabia Governorate to the west. The administrative centre of the county was Odessa (Odesa).
== Administrative divisions == The subcounties (''volosts'') of the Odessa uezd in 1912 were as follows:<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.prlib.ru/item/404525https://www.prlib.ru/item/404525 |publisher=Kiev: Izd-vo T-va L. M. Fish |script-title=ru:Волостныя, станичныя, сельския, гминныя правления и управления, а также полицейские станы всей России с обозначением места их нахождения |trans-title=Volostny, stanichnaya, rural, communes of government and administration, as well as police camps throughout Russia with the designation of their location |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211143849/https://www.prlib.ru/item/404525 |archive-date=2022-12-11 |year=1913 |page=191 }}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Name !! Name in Russian !! Capital |- | Alexandrovka volost || Александровская волость || Alexandrovka |- | Alexandro-feld volost || Александрофельдская волость || Alexandro-feld |- | Anatolevka volost || Анатольевская волость || Anatolevka |- | Antono-Kudintsevo volost || Антоно-Кудинцевская волость || Antono-Kudintsevo |- | Anchekrak-Ilyinskoe volost || Анчекракъ-Ильинская волость || Ilyinskoe |- | Baden volost || Баденская волость || Baden |- | Bolshoi-Buyalyk volost || Больше-Буялыкская волость || Bolshoi-Buyalyk |- | Belka volost || Бѣльчанская волость || Belka |- | Belyaevka volost || Бѣляевская волость || Bulyaevka |- | Gildendorf volost || Гильдендорфская волость || Gildendorf |- | Gradenits volost || Граденицкая волость || Gradenits |- | Zelts volost || Зельцская волость || Zelts |- | Ilyinka volost || Ильинская волость || Ilyinka |- | Kalagleya volost || Калаглейская волость || Kalagleya |- | Kovalevka volost || Ковалевская волость || Kovalevka |- | Korenikha volost || Коренихская волость || Korenikha |- | Kubanka volost || Кубанская волость || Kubanka |- | Kurisovo-Pokrovskoe volost || Курисово-Покровская волость || Kurisovo-Pokrovskoe |- | Kurtovka volost || Кутовская волость || Kutovka |- | Landau volost || Ландауская волость || Landau |- | Malo-Buyalykskoe volost || Мало-Буялыкская волость || Malo-Buyalykskoe |- | Mangeim volost || Мангеймская волость || Mangeim |- | Mariyinskoe volost || Маріинская волость || Mariyinskoe |- | Neizats volost || Нейзацкая волость || Neizats |- | Neifreidental volost || Нейфрейдентальская волость || Neifreidental |- | Nechayannoe volost || Нечаенская волость || Nechayannoe |- | Nikolaevskoe volost || Николаевская волость || Nikolaevskoe |- | Novo-Pokrovskoe volost || Ново-Покровская волость || Novo-Pokrovskoe |- | Petrovskoe volost || Петровская волость || Petrovskoe |- | Rasnopol volost || Раснопольская волость || Rasnopol |- | Rorbakh volost || Рорбахская волость || Rorbakh |- | Severinovka volost || Севериновская волость || Severinovka |- | Strasburg volost || Страсбургская волость || Strasburg |- | Tuzly volost || Тузловская волость || Tuzly |}
==Demographics== At the time of the Russian Empire Census on {{OldStyleDate|28 January|1897|15 January}}, the Odessa uezd had a population of 610,042. including 322,899 men and 287,143 women. The majority of the population indicated Great Russian{{efn|name=Russians|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".<ref>{{Cite book |title=Kiev: A Portrait, 1800–1917 |last=Hamm |first=Michael F. |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-4008-5151-5 |pages=83}}</ref> Also, the Belarusian Democratic Republic which the White Russians identified themselves as "Belarusian".<ref>{{Cite book |title=Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction |last=Fortson IV |first=Benjamin W. |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-4443-5968-8 |pages=429 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bSxHgej4tKMC&pg=PA429}}</ref>}} to be their mother tongue, with significant Jewish and Little Russian speaking minorities.<ref name="demoscope">{{Cite web|url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=1664|title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей.|website=www.demoscope.ru|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Linguistic composition of the Odessa uezd in 1897<ref name="demoscope" /> |- ! Language !! Native speakers !! Percentage |- | Great Russian{{efn|name=Russians}} || align="right" |228,436 || align="right" |37.45 |- | Jewish || align="right" |134,020 || align="right" |21.97 |- | Little Russian{{efn|name=Russians}} || align="right" |133,474 || align="right" |21.88 |- | German || align="right" |62,658 || align="right" |10.27 |- | Polish || align="right" |18,467 || align="right" |3.03 |- | Bulgarian || align="right" |8,290 || align="right" |1.36 |- | Greek || align="right" |7,535 || align="right" |1.24 |- | Romanian || align="right" |7,138 || align="right" |1.17 |- | White Russian{{efn|name=Russians}} || align="right" |1,631 || align="right" |0.27 |- | Tatar || align="right" |1,516 || align="right" |0.25 |- | Armenian || align="right" |1,405 || align="right" |0.23 |- | French || align="right" |1,141 || align="right" |0.19 |- | Italian || align="right" |723 || align="right" |0.12 |- | Czech || align="right" |622 || align="right" |0.10 |- | Latvian || align="right" |410 || align="right" |0.07 |- | Lithuanian || align="right" |400 || align="right" |0.07 |- | English || align="right" |357 || align="right" |0.06 |- | Turkish || align="right" |331 || align="right" |0.05 |- | South Slavic || align="right" |284 || align="right" |0.05 |- | Estonian || align="right" |231 || align="right" |0.04 |- | Georgian || align="right" |188 || align="right" |0.03 |- | Gipsy || align="right" |169 || align="right" |0.03 |- | Mordovian || align="right" |59 || align="right" |0.01 |- | Swedish || align="right" |48 || align="right" |0.01 |- | Others || align="right" |509 || align="right" |0.08 |- ! Total !! 610,042 !! 100.00 |}
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Category:Odessky Uyezd Category:Uezds of Kherson Governorate Category:Kherson Governorate