Kharkov Governorate - Language

  • By the Imperial census of 1897. In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
Language Number percentage (%) males females
Ukrainian 2 009 411 80.62 1 004 372 1 005 039
Russian 440 936 17.69 225 803 215 133
Yiddish 12 650 0.5 7 007 5 643
Belarusian 10 258 0.41 4 936 5 322
German 9 080 0.36 4 504 4 576
Polish 5 910 0.23 4 056 1 854
Tatar 1 358 >0.1 1 221 137
Persons
that didn't name
their native language		 44 >0.01 23 21
Other 2 669 0.1 1 700 969
Total 2 492 316 100 1 253 759 1 238 557

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