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 ".
6-645: The Shemakha uezd was a county ( uezd ) within the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire , and then of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolishment in 1929. The county was located in the central part of the Baku Governorate, bordering the Javad uezd to the south, Baku uezd to the east, Geokchay uezd to the west and Kuba uezd to the north. The administrative centre of
12-615: 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
18-586: The 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar , the Shemakha uezd had a population of 161,552 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 86,659 men and 74,893 women, 159,621 of whom were the permanent population, and 1,931 were temporary residents: In 1926, the population of the county declined to 91,185. 40°37′49″N 48°38′29″E / 40.63028°N 48.64139°E / 40.63028; 48.64139 Uezd Originally describing groups of several volosts , they formed around
24-583: The Shemakha Governorate was moved from Shemakha to Baku and the governorate was renamed Baku Governorate. According to the Russian Empire Census , the Shemakha uezd had a population of 121,842 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 64,732 men and 57,110 women. The majority of the population indicated Tatar to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian , Russian , and Tat speaking minorities. According to
30-549: The county was the city of Shemakha (present-day Shamakhi ). The prefectures ( участки , uchastki ) of the Shemakha uezd in 1917 were as follows: The county was established in 1840 and was initially made part of the Caspian Oblast , and later became the capital of the Shemakha Governorate in 1846. But due to an earthquake in 1859 , the city and most of the county suffered great damage. Subsequently, capital of
36-449: 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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