The subcounties (volosts) of the Letichev uezd in 1912 were as follows:[1]
Name
Name in Russian
Capital
Bakhmatov volost
Бахматовецкая волость
Bakhmatov
Voitovtsy volost
Войтовецкая волость
Voitovtsy
Derazhnya volost
Деражнянская волость
Derazhnya
Zhenishkov volost
Женишковецкая волость
Zhenishkov
Zinkov volost
Зиньковская волость
Zinkov
Medzhibozh volost
Меджибожская волость
Stavnitsa
Mikhalpol volost
Михалпольская волость
Mikhalpol
Suslovtsy volost
Сусловецкая волость
Suslovtsy
Demographics
At the time of the Russian Empire Census on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, the Letichev uezd had a population of 184,477, including 92,618 men and 91,859 women. The majority of the population indicated Little Russian[b] to be their mother tongue, with a significant Jewish speaking minority.[4]
Linguistic composition of the Letichev uezd in 1897[4]
^ abcdPrior to 1918, the Imperial Russian government classified Russians as the Great Russians, Ukrainians as the Little Russians, and Belarusians as the White Russians. After the creation of the Ukrainian People's Republic in 1918, the Little Russians identified themselves as "Ukrainian".[2] Also, the Belarusian Democratic Republic which the White Russians identified themselves as "Belarusian".[3]