- By the Imperial census of 1897. In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
| Language | Number | percentage (%) | males | females |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian | 1,526,072 | 66.41 | 747,721 | 778,351 |
| Russian | 495,963 | 21.58 | 236,842 | 259,121 |
| Belarusian | 151,465 | 6.59 | 73,691 | 77,774 |
| Yiddish | 113,787 | 4.95 | 54,724 | 59,063 |
| German | 5,306 | 0.23 | 2,664 | 2,642 |
| Polish | 3,302 | 0.14 | 1,775 | 1,527 |
| Persons that didn't name their native language |
74 | >0.01 | 32 | 42 |
| Other | 1,885 | >0.01 | 1,247 | 638 |
| Total | 2,297,854 | 100 | 1,118,696 | 1,179,158 |
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