Lebedin uyezd

Lebedin uyezd was an uyezd (district) in the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.

History

This uyezd was created on April 25, 1780 by order of the Empress Catherine the Great. The administrative centre of uyezd was small town Lebedin. Since September 1781 it got its own coat of arms.

The uyezd had two towns (Lebedin and Nedrigailov) and consisted of 27 volosts.

In January 1897, according to the Russian Empire Census, the population of the uyezd was 234 182 people.

By the Soviet administrative reform of 1923, uyezd was transformed into Lebedin raion.

Sources

• Лебедин, уездный город Харьковской губернии // Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона : в 86 т. (82 т. и 4 доп.). — Т. 33. СПб., 1896.