Elizavetpol uezd
Elizavetpol uezd Елисаветпольскій уѣздъ |
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Country | Russian Empire | |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus | |
Governorate | Elizavetpol | |
Established | 1840 | |
Abolished | 1929 | |
Capital | Yelisavetpol (present-day Ganja) |
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Area | ||
• Total | 9,930.73 km2 (3,834.28 sq mi) | |
Population (1916) | ||
• Total | 272,477 | |
• Density | 27/km2 (71/sq mi) | |
• Urban | 21.19% | |
• Rural | 78.81% |
The Elizavetpol uezd,[lower-alpha 1] also known as the Ganja uezd[lower-alpha 2] after 1918, was a county (uezd) of the Elizavetpol Governorate of the Russian Empire, and later of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolition in 1929.[1][2] The area of the Elizavetpol uezd corresponds to the modern-day Gadabay, Shamkir, Dashkasan, Goygol, and Samukh districts of Azerbaijan.
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Geography
The Elizavetpol uezd was located in the northern part of Elizavetpol Governorate, bordering the Tiflis Governorate to the north, the Kazakh uezd to the west, the Aresh uezd to the east and Jevanshir uezd to the south. The administrative center of the uezd was the city of Yelisavetpol (Ganja).
The area of the county was 8,726 square verst and was divided into two parts: the northeastern lowlands steppes, irrigated by Kura River and its tributaries and southwestern mountainous part, watered by Kura's right bank tributaries. The lowland part was split by the Kura and Alazani rivers, the latter of which is not forested, less fertile and rarely used for farming. The mountainous part of the county stretched up to the mountain range adjacent to Lake Sevan. The highest peaks of uezd included Murovdag, (Azerbaijani: Murovdağ; 11,219 ft), Ginal-dag (Azerbaijani: Ginaldağ; 11,057 ft), Gyamysh (Azerbaijani: Gəmış; 12,263 ft), bordered Javanshir uezd of Elizavetpol Governorate and Novobayazet uezd of Erivan Governorate. The main rivers flowing down from these mountains into the lowland part of uezd and discharging into Kura were Kuruk-chay, Ganja-chay, Qoshqara-chay, Shamkhor-chay.[2]
History
After establishment of Russian rule over the khanates of the South Caucasus and the implementation of administrative reforms, the territories of Ganja khanate were incorporated into the Tiflis Governorate of the Russian Empire. On 10 April 1840, the Elizavetpol uezd was established within Georgian-Imereti Governorate, and on 14 December 1846 it was incorporated into the newly created Tiflis Governorate. In 1868, the uezd was reestablished within the newly founded Elizavetpol Governorate with its capital in Elizavetpol (present-day Ganja).[3]
After establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918, the uezd was renamed to the Ganja uezd, then named back to the Elizavetpol uezd and then again to the Ganja uezd on 10 August 1918. On 22 April 1920, a part of Ganja uezd was established as the Shamkhor uezd within Azerbaijan.
With the Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan and subsequent establishment of Soviet rule, the uezd was abolished on 8 April 1929 following an administrative reorganisation of the region.[4]
Administrative divisions
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Elizavetpol uezd in 1912 were as follows:[5]
Name | 1912 population | Area |
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1-y uchastok (Russian: 1-й участокъ) | 29,547 | 1,515 square versts (1,724 km2; 666 sq mi) |
2-y uchastok (Russian: 2-й участокъ) | 27,847 | 1,948 square versts (2,217 km2; 856 sq mi) |
3-y uchastok (Russian: 3-й участокъ) | 26,880 | 1,298 square versts (1,477 km2; 570 sq mi) |
4-y uchastok (Russian: 4-й участокъ) | 35,816 | 2,191 square versts (2,493 km2; 963 sq mi) |
5-y uchastok (Russian: 5-й участокъ) | 21,166 | 1,111 square versts (1,264 km2; 488 sq mi) |
6-y uchastok (Russian: 6-й участокъ) | 5,134 | 461 square versts (525 km2; 203 sq mi) |
Economy
The population of the county was engaged primarily in agricultural farming, gardening, winemaking, corn and rice growing. Wine production in Azerbaijan was mostly seen in the city of Elizavetpol and German-populated town of Helenendorf where 450,000 canisters of wine were produced annually. In 1890, there were 107 factories and plants with a total number of workers at 2,136. There were two copper plants which produced 84% of the copper in Caucasus.[2]
Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Elizavetpol uezd had a population of 162,788 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 90,584 men and 72,204 women. The majority of the population indicated Tatar[lower-alpha 3] to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian and Russian speaking minorities.[8]
Language | Native speakers | % |
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Tatar[lower-alpha 3] | 103,970 | 63.87 |
Armenian | 43,040 | 26.44 |
Russian | 7,224 | 4.44 |
German | 3,086 | 1.90 |
Belarusian | 2,835 | 1.74 |
Georgian | 622 | 0.38 |
Ukrainian | 369 | 0.23 |
Polish | 299 | 0.18 |
Avar-Andean | 296 | 0.18 |
Kazi-Kumukh | 207 | 0.13 |
Greek | 178 | 0.11 |
Jewish | 101 | 0.06 |
Persian | 79 | 0.05 |
Kyurin | 39 | 0.02 |
Lithuanian | 38 | 0.02 |
Kurdish | 38 | 0.02 |
Udi | 4 | 0.00 |
Romanian | 2 | 0.00 |
Other | 361 | 0.22 |
TOTAL | 162,788 | 100.00 |
Kavkazskiy kalendar
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Elizavetpol uezd had a population of 272,477 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 140,113 men and 132,364 women, 239,688 of whom were the permanent population, and 32,789 were temporary residents. The statistics indicated Shia Muslims to be the plurality of the population of the district, with significant Armenian, Sunni Muslim, and Russian minorities:[9]
Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Shia Muslims[lower-alpha 4] | 37,619 | 65.16 | 88,012 | 40.98 | 125,631 | 46.11 |
Armenians | 12,125 | 21.00 | 56,589 | 26.35 | 68,714 | 25.22 |
Sunni Muslims[lower-alpha 5] | 539 | 0.93 | 51,185 | 23.84 | 51,724 | 18.98 |
Russians | 6,091 | 10.55 | 12,353 | 5.75 | 18,444 | 6.77 |
Other Europeans | 319 | 0.55 | 6,093 | 2.84 | 6,412 | 2.35 |
Georgians | 303 | 0.52 | 154 | 0.07 | 457 | 0.17 |
North Caucasians | 202 | 0.35 | 250 | 0.12 | 452 | 0.17 |
Jews | 391 | 0.68 | 7 | 0.00 | 398 | 0.15 |
Asiatic Christians | 58 | 0.10 | 101 | 0.05 | 159 | 0.06 |
Kurds | 84 | 0.15 | 0 | 0.00 | 84 | 0.03 |
Roma | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 |
TOTAL | 57,731 | 100.00 | 214,746 | 100.00 | 272,477 | 100.00 |
Notes
- ↑
- Russian: Елисаветпо́льскій уѣ́здъ
- South Azerbaijani: یئلیزاوئتپوْل قزاسؽ
- Armenian: Ելիզավետպոլի գավառ
- ↑
- Russian: Ганджи́нский уе́зд
- South Azerbaijani: گنجه قزاسؽ
- Armenian: Գանձակի գավառ
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Prior to 1918, Azerbaijanis were generally known as "Tatars". This term, employed by the Russians, referred to Turkic-speaking Muslims of the South Caucasus. After 1918 with the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and "especially during the Soviet era", the Tatar group identified itself as "Azerbaijani".[6][7]
- ↑ Primarily Tatars.[10]
- ↑ Primarily Turco-Tatars.[10]
References
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- ↑ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 152–159.
- ↑ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
- ↑ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
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- ↑ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 190–197.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.
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