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 ".
6-1015: The Ozurgeti uezd was a county ( uezd ) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire . It bordered the Senaki uezd to the north, the Kutaisi uezd to the east, the Akhaltsikhe uezd of the Tiflis Governorate to the southeast, the Batum Okrug of the Batum Oblast to the south, and the Black Sea to the west. The area of the Ozurgeti uezd corresponded to most of
12-589: The Russian Empire Census , the Ozurgeti uezd had a population of 90,326 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 45,426 men and 44,900 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Greek speaking minority. According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar , the Ozurgeti uezd had a population of 115,339 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 61,071 men and 54,268 women, 111,987 of whom were
18-503: 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 the USSR administrative reform of 1923–1929, most of
24-581: The contemporary Guria region of Georgia . The county was eponymously named for its administrative center, Ozurgeti . The Ozurgeti uezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate during the time of the Russian Empire . In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Ozurgeti uezd was incorporated into the Democratic Republic of Georgia . The subcounties ( uchastoks ) of the Ozurgeti uezd in 1913 were as follows: According to
30-406: The permanent population, and 3,352 were temporary residents: This Georgian history -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 41°55′37″N 42°00′02″E / 41.92694°N 42.00056°E / 41.92694; 42.00056 Uezd Originally describing groups of several volosts , they formed around the most important cities. Uezds were ruled by
36-514: 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
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