1919 city-census of Kiev, Ukraine
The 1919 Kiev city census (; ) was the first census conducted in the city of Kiev following the Bolshevik occupation of the city in February 1919, taking place on March 16, 1919. The census covered the size, age, ethnic demography, and educational status of the city's population. The final report was published by D.l. Volion, head of the Kiev Provincial Statistical Bureau, in 1920.
Census-taking process.
As the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was officially established on 10 March 1919, 6 days prior to the taking of the census, the authority responsible for carrying it out, the Kiev Provincial Statistical Bureau, was under its administration. The main statisticians assigned to the carrying out and processing of the census were I. S. Bisk and V. S. Dvynianinov, who had also previously worked on the Kiev city census of 1917 during the rule of the Ukrainian People's Republic. There were some procedural issues with the registration of nationality, due to city-census enumerators being allowed to refuse to register people as Ukrainian. Despite this, the census showed an increase in the number of self-declared Ukrainians in Kiev from the 1917 census, as well as a decline in the number of self-declared Russians.
Results.
Population size.
The total population of the city of Kiev in 1919 was found to be made up of 544,368 people. The chart below lists the population of each district of the city.
National composition.
The most numerous ethnic groups in the city were found to be Russians, Ukrainians, and Jews. The percentage of those identifying as Ukrainians within Kiev in 1919 increased from 12% to 24% when compared to the results of the 1917 census, while the percentage identifying as Russians fell from 50% to 42%.
Educational status.
The average literacy of the population of Kiev was found to be 76.5%, 85.4% for males and 68.6% for females. Around 20% of the population was bilingually literate, being able to read the write multiple languages. Ethnically Jewish males had the highest literacy rate of any demographic, at over 90%. The district with the highest literacy was Starokyivska at 85.9%, while Slobidky had the lowest at 59.2%.
Aftermath.
The census took place only 1 year before the All-Russian Agricultural Census of 1920, which covered the entire territory of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, excluding some regions in which active combat was taking place. No census of solely the city of Kiev has taken place since the taking of the census of 1919, making it the final one.
See also.
1874 Kiev city census
Demographics of Kyiv