The Gaysin uezd was a county (uezd) of the Podolian Governorate of the Russian Empire, with its administrative centre in Gaysin (modern-day Haisyn). The area of the Gaysin uezd covered the area of modern-day Haisyn Raion.

Administrative divisions

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

NameName in RussianCapital
Granov volostГрановская волостьGranov
Kiblich volostКибличская волостьKiblich
Kislyak volostКислякская волостьKislyak
Krasnaya-Polka volostКрасно-Полкская волостьKrasnaya-Polka
Krasnoselka volostКрасноселкская волостьKrasnoselka
Kuna volostКунянская волостьKuna
Ladyzhino volostЛадыжинская волостьLadyzhino
Nizhekrapivna volostНиже-Крапивнянская волостьKrapivna
Sobolevka volostСоболевская волостьSobolevka
Teplik volostТепликская волостьTeplik
Ternov volostТерновская волостьTernov
Khashchevata volostХащеватская волостьKhashchevata

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, the Gaysin uezd had a population of 248,142, including 123,305 men and 124,837 women. The majority of the population indicated Little Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Jewish speaking minority.

Linguistic composition of the Gaysin uezd in 1897
LanguageNative speakersPercentage
Little Russian214,21886.33
Jewish25,73310.37
Great Russian4,6621.88
Polish3,0431.23
German1840.07
Tatar1210.05
Votyak360.01
White Russian240.01
Gipsy230.01
Czech190.01
Romanian110.00
French100.00
Cheremis60.00
Latvian60.00
Bashkir20.00
Chuvash10.00
Other430.02
Total248,142100.00

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