- By the Imperial census of 1897. In bold are languages with more speakers than the state language.
Language | Number | percentage (%) | males | females |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ukrainian | 1 456 369 | 68.90 | ||
Russian | 364 974 | 17.27 | ||
Yiddish | 99 152 | 4.69 | ||
German | 80 979 | 3.83 | ||
Greek | 48 740 | 2.31 | ||
Tatar | 17 253 | 0.82 | ||
Belorussian | 14 052 | 0.66 | ||
Polish | 12 365 | 0.59 | ||
Romanian | 9 175 | 0.43 | ||
Turkish | 5 555 | 0.26 | ||
Roma | 1 293 | 0.06 | ||
Other | 3626 | 0.17 | ||
Persons, that did not identified their native language |
56 | <0.01 |
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