title: Litin uezd
text: # Litin uezd
  
  The Litin uezd was a county (uezd) of the Podolian Governorate of the Russian Empire. The uezd bordered the Novograd-Volynsky and Zhitomir uezds of the Volhynian Governorate to the north, the Vinnitsa uezd to the east, the Mogilev uezd to the south, and the Ushitsa uezd to the west. It composed most of Vinnytsia Raion. The administrative centre of the county was Litin (modern-day Lityn).
  
  ## Administrative divisions
  
  The subcounties (volosts) of the Litin uezd in 1912 were as follows:
  
  | Name | Name in Russian | Capital |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bagrinovtsy volost | Багриновская волость | Bagrinovtsy |
  | Kozhukhov volost | Кожуховская волость | Kozhukhov |
  | Mezhirov volost | Межировская волость | Mezhirov |
  | Ovsyanniki volost | Овсянникская волость | Ovsyanniki |
  | Pilyava volost | Пилявская волость | Pilyava |
  | Sosny volost | Сосонская волость | Sosny |
  | Staraya-Sinyava volost | Старо-Синявская волость | Staraya-Sinyava |
  | Tereshpol volost | Терешпольская волость | Tereshpol |
  | Ulanov volost | Улановская волость | Ulanov |
  | Khmelnik volost | Хмѣльникская волость | Mazurovka |
  
  ## Demographics
  
  At the time of the Russian Empire Census on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, the Litin uezd had a population of 210,502, including 104,182 men and 106,320 women. The majority of the population indicated Little Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Jewish speaking minority.
  
  Linguistic composition of the Litin uezd in 1897 :
  
  | Language | Native speakers | Percentage |
  | - | - | - |
  | Little Russian | 175,007 | 83.14 |
  | Jewish | 24,051 | 11.43 |
  | Great Russian | 6,368 | 3.03 |
  | Polish | 4,348 | 2.07 |
  | Romanian | 288 | 0.14 |
  | German | 105 | 0.05 |
  | Gipsy | 99 | 0.05 |
  | White Russian | 99 | 0.05 |
  | Czech | 61 | 0.03 |
  | Tatar | 49 | 0.02 |
  | Bashkir | 13 | 0.01 |
  | French | 8 | 0.00 |
  | Other | 6 | 0.00 |
  | Total | 210,502 | 100.00 |
  