# Elisavetgrad uezd

The Elisavetgrad uezd was a county (uezd) of the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire, with its administrative center in Yelisavetgrad (modern Kropyvnytskyi). It bordered the Zvenigorodka and Chigirin uezds of the Kiev Governorate to the north, the Aleksandriya uezd to the east, the Kherson uezd to the south, and the Ananev uezd to the west. The uezd corresponded to Kirovohrad 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:
| Name | Name in Russian | Capital |
| Akimovka volost | Акимовская волость | Akimovka |
| Alexandrovka volost | Александровская волость | Alexandrovka |
| Alexeevka volost | Алексѣевская волость | Alexeevka |
| Anninskoe volost | Аннинская волость | Stogovka-Anninskoe |
| Annovka volost | Анновская волость | Annovka |
| Antonovka volost | Антоновская волость | Antonovka |
| Berezovka volost | Березовская волость | Berezovka |
| Blagodatnoe volost | Благодатновская волость | Blagodatnoe |
| Bolshaya-Byska volost | Болше-Высковская волость | Bolshaya-Byska |
| Bratskoe volost | Братская волость | Bratskoe |
| Viktorshtad volost | Викторштадская волость | Viktorshtad |
| Vityazevka volost | Витязевская волость | Vityazevka |
| Vladimirovka volost | Владимировская волость | Vladimirovka |
| Voznesensk volost | Вознесенская волость | Voznesensk |
| Vozsiyatskoe volost | Возсіятовская волость | Vozsiyatskoe |
| Glodossy volost | Глодосская волость | Glodossy |
| Gruzschany volost | Грузсчанская волость | Gruzschany |
| Gromkleya | Громклея | Gromkleya |
| Gobro-Velichkovka volost | Гобро-Величковская волость | Dobro-Velichkovka |
| Elanets volost | Еленецкая волость | Elenets |
| Zlynka volost | Злынская волость | Zlynka |
| Kazanka volost | Казанская волость | Kazanka |
| Ketrisanovka volost | Кетрисановская волость | Ketrisanovka |
| Kompaneevka volost | Компанеевская волость | Kompaneevka |
| Konstantinovka volost | Константиновская волость | Konstantinovka |
| Lipnyazhka volost | Липняжская волость | Lipnyazhka |
| Lozovatka volost | Лозоватская волость | Lozovatka |
| Lysaya-Gora volost | Лысогорская волость | Lysaya-Gora |
| Lyubomirka volost | Любомирская волость | Lyubomirka |
| Malaya Vyska volost | Мало-Высковская волость | Malaya Vyska |
| Martonosha volost | Мартоношская волость | Martonosha |
| Nadlak volost | Надлакская волость | Nadlak |
| Nechaevo volost | Нечаевская волость | Nechaevo |
| Novo-Arkhangelsk volost | Ново-Архангельская волость | Novo-Arkhangelsk |
| Novo-Mirgorod volost | Ново-Миргородская волость | Novo-Mirgorod |
| Oboznovka volost | Обозновская волость | Oboznovka |
| Olgopol volost | Ольгопольская волость | Olgopol |
| Olshanka volost | Ольшанкаская волость | Olshanka |
| Pavlovsk volost | Павловская волость | Pavlovsk |
| Panchevsk volost | Панчевская волость | Panchevsk |
| Peschanyi Brod volost | Песчано-Бродская волость | Peschanyi Brod |
| Pletenyi Tashlyk volost | Плетено-Ташлыкская волость | Pletenyi Tashlyk |
| Rovnoe volost | Ровенская волость | Rovnoe |
| Semenastoe volost | Семенастовская волость | Sememastoe |
| Tatarka volost | Татарская волость | Tatarka |
| Tishkovka volost | Тишковская волость | Tishkovka |
| Trikraty volost | Трикратская волость | Trikraty |
| Ustinovka volost | Устиновская волость | Ustinovka |
| Khmelevoe volost | Хмѣлевская волость | Khmelevoe |
| Shcherbani volost | Щербановская волость | Shcherbani |
| Erdelevka volost | Эрделевская волость | Erdelevka |

## Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, the Elisavetgrad uezd had a population of 613,283, including 309,089 men and 304,194 women. The majority of the population indicated Little Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Great Russian, Jewish and Romanian speaking minorities.
Linguistic composition of the Elisavetgrad uezd in 1897 :
| Language | Native speakers | Percentage |
| Little Russian | 405,546 | 66.13 |
| Great Russian | 93,381 | 15.23 |
| Jewish | 57,581 | 9.39 |
| Romanian | 36,819 | 6.00 |
| White Russian | 5,842 | 0.95 |
| German | 5,445 | 0.89 |
| Bulgarian | 4,608 | 0.75 |
| Polish | 2,620 | 0.43 |
| Gipsy | 433 | 0.07 |
| Tatar | 363 | 0.06 |
| Greek | 148 | 0.02 |
| Czech | 89 | 0.01 |
| Turkish | 61 | 0.01 |
| Latvian | 49 | 0.01 |
| French | 34 | 0.01 |
| Armenian | 23 | 0.00 |
| English | 21 | 0.00 |
| Italian | 15 | 0.00 |
| South Slavic | 14 | 0.00 |
| Mordovian | 9 | 0.00 |
| Swedish | 8 | 0.00 |
| Lithuanian | 7 | 0.00 |
| Georgian | 3 | 0.00 |
| Estonian | 1 | 0.00 |
| Others | 163 | 0.03 |
| Total | 613,283 | 100.00 |