An uezd (also spelled uyezd ; Russian: уе́зд ( pre-1918 : уѣздъ) , IPA: [ʊˈjest] ), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( Ukrainian : повіт ) was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow , the Tsardom of Russia , the Russian Empire , the Russian SFSR , and the early Soviet Union , which was in use from the 13th century. For most of Russian history, uezds were a second-level administrative division . By sense, but not by etymology, uezd approximately corresponds to the English " county ".
5-806: The Gori uezd was a county ( uezd ) of the Tiflis Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire , and then of Democratic Republic of Georgia , with its administrative center in Gori . The area of the county roughly corresponded to the contemporary Shida Kartli region of Georgia . Following the Russian Revolution , the Gori uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia . The subcounties ( uchastoks ) of
10-615: The USSR administrative reform of 1923–1929, most of the uezds were transformed into raions (districts). In UkSSR , uezds were reformed into forty okruhas which were the primary-level of administrative division from 1925 to 1930. In the Baltic governorates the type of division was known as Kreis. The uezds of Bessarabia Governorate were called Ținut or Județ in Romanian , which would translate as "county". The Ukrainian word for uezd
15-603: The Gori uezd had a population of 241,016 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 124,658 men and 116,358 women, 226,436 of whom were the permanent population, and 14,580 were temporary residents: This Georgia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Armenia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 41°58′0″N 44°06′0″E / 41.96667°N 44.10000°E / 41.96667; 44.10000 Uezd Originally describing groups of several volosts , they formed around
20-481: The Gori uezd in 1913 were as follows: According to the Russian Empire Census , the Gori uezd had a population of 191,091 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 102,837 men and 88,254 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ossetian speaking minority. According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar ,
25-449: The most important cities. Uezds were ruled by the appointees ( namestniki ) of a knyaz and, starting from the 17th century, by voyevodas . In 1708, an administrative reform was carried out by Peter the Great , dividing Russia into governorates . The subdivision into uyezds was abolished at that time but was reinstated in 1727, as a result of Catherine I 's administrative reform . By
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