Nor Bayazet Uyezd
Nor Bayazet Uyezd
Новобаяазетский уезд | |
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Country | Russian Empire |
Governorate | Erivan |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Established | 1840 |
Abolished | 1930 |
Seat | Nor Bayazet (Gavar) |
Uchastoks | First, second, third, and fourth |
Area | |
• Total | 4,730 km2 (1,830 sq mi) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 188,859 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
The Nor Bayazet Uyezd, also known as the Novo-Bayazet Uyezd (Russian: Новобаязетский уезд; Armenian: Նոր Բայազետի գավառ), was an uezd (county) of the Erivan Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The uezd bordered the Alexandropol Uyezd to the north, the Etchmiadzin and Erivan uyezds to the west, the Sharur-Daralayaz Uyezd to the south, and the Kazakh, Elisabethpol, and Jevanshir uyezds of the Elisabethpol Governorate to the east. Centered on Lake Sevan, the Nor Bayazet Uyezd included most of the contemporary province of Gegharkunik and northern parts of the Kotayk Province of the Armenia. The administrative center of the uezd was the city of Nor Bayazet (Gavar) for which the district was eponymously named.[1]
Administrative divisions[]
The Nor Bayazet Uyezd was split into 4 unnamed contiguous uchastoks (subcounties):
- 1st (1-ий участок)
- 2nd (2-ий участок)
- 3rd (3-ий участок)
- 4th (4-ий участок)
Demographics[]
Russian Imperial Census of 1897[]
According to the 1897 Russian Empire Census, the population of the district was 122,573, the majority of which were Armenians (66.4%). Minorities included Tatars (later known as Azerbaijanis; 28.5%), East Slavs (Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians; 2.2%), and Kurds (2.4%).[2] The largest city in the district was Nor Bayazet, which had a total population of 8,486, of which the overwhelming majority (95%) were Armenians.[3]
Caucasian Calendar of 1917[]
The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 205,617 residents in the Nor Bayazet Uyezd, including 97,864 men and 90,995 women, 174,879 of whom were the permanent population, and 13,980 were temporary residents. The statistics indicated the city of Nor Bayazet and its peripheries to be overwhelmingly ethnic Armenian, with sizeable Tatar, Kurdish and Russian minorities, the Tatars of which were mainly concentrated near the southeastern section of the uezd:[4]
Nationality | Center | Rural | TOTAL | |
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Armenians | 14,350 | 114,997 | 129,347 | 68.5% |
Tatars (later known as Azerbaijanis) | 0 | 50,713 | 50,713 | 26.8% |
Russians | 83 | 4,842 | 4,925 | 2.6% |
Kurds | 238 | 2,726 | 2,964 | 1.6% |
Yezidis | 0 | 408 | 408 | 0.2% |
Assyrians | 64 | 38 | 102 | 0.1% |
TOTAL | 14,748 | 174,111 | 188,859 | 100.0% |
References[]
- ^ Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 59. ISBN 9780300153088.
- ^ (in Russian) 1897 Census, Novobayazetsky Uyezd Demoscope Weekly
- ^ (in Russian) 1897 Census, Novobayazet City Demoscope Weekly
- ^ Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). pp. 367–370.
Coordinates: 40°21′32″N 45°07′36″E / 40.35889°N 45.12667°E
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- Gavar
- Gegharkunik Province
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