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 ".
6-770: The Javad uezd , known after 1921 as the Salyan uezd , was a county ( uezd ) within the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire and then of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolishment in 1929 by the Soviet authorities. The uezd was located in the central part of the governorate, bordering the Geokchay , Shemakha , and Baku uezds to
12-657: A significant Russian speaking minority. According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar , the Javad uezd had a population of 162,305 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 83,955 men and 78,350 women, 144,376 of whom were the permanent population, and 17,929 were temporary residents: According to the 1926 census, the population of the uezd was 129,367. 39°35′42″N 48°58′45″E / 39.59500°N 48.97917°E / 39.59500; 48.97917 Uezd Originally describing groups of several volosts , they formed around
18-577: The Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary , published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 94,690 people lived in the uezd , mainly Tatars (later known as Azerbaijanis ). According to the Russian Empire Census , the Javad uezd had a population of 90,043 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 51,489 men and 38,554 women. The majority of the population indicated Tatar to be their mother tongue, with
24-628: 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
30-453: 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
36-532: The north, Caspian Sea to the east, Lenkoran uezd to the south and Iran to the west. The administrative center of the uezd was the city of Salyan . The prefectures ( участки , uchastki ) of the Javad uezd in 1917 were as follows: Javad uezd was formed in 1868 as part of the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was abolished in 1929 by Soviet authorities. According to
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