- Source: Aleksandriya uezd
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.
