Baku Uyezd
Baku Uyezd (Russian: Бакинский уезд, Azerbaijani: Bakı qəzası) was an administrative unit within the Baku Governorate, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR until 1929. The center of the uyezd was Baku.[2]
Baku Uyezd Бакинский уезд | |
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| Country | Russian Empire |
| Political status | Uyezd |
| Region | Caucasus |
| Established | 1840 |
| Abolished | 1929 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,200 km2 (1,600 sq mi) |
| Population (1926) | |
| • Total | 527,220[1] |
History
After the capture of Baku Khanate by the Russian Empire in 1806, the khanate was removed and was made a province of the Russian Empire. In 1840, Baku Uyezd was created and was made part of the Caspian Oblast. After 1846, the uyezd was included in the Shamakhi Governorate. Due to an earthquake in Shamakhi in 1859, the centre of the Shamakhi Governorate was moved from Shamakhi to Baku and the governorate was renamed to Baku Governorate.[3]
In 1918, after the collapse of the Russian Empire, Azerbaijan became part of Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic, during which March Massacre was committed against native Muslims in the city of Baku and other uyezds within Baku Governorate.[4]
After the collapse of Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic, Azerbaijan became independent on 28 May 1918. Bolshevik Baku Commune was in control of Baku, at the time, but after Battle of Baku, Azerbaijan captured the city and relocated its capital from Ganja to Baku. They kept Baku Uyezd as a province of the republic.
After Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was integrated into the Soviet Union. Baku uyezd was abolished in 1929.
Population
According to 1897 census, 182,897 people lived in the uyezd, of which 111,904 were in the city of Baku. The census recorded 63,415 native speakers of Azerbaijani (the census indicates “tatar”) and 45,510 Russian.[5]
The population rose to 527,220 people in the uyezd by 1926.[6]
References
- "Population of Baku Uyezd". Demoskop Weekly.
- "Administrative Territorial Division" (PDF). preslib.az. p. 9.
- "Administrative Territorial Division" (PDF). preslib.az. p. 9.
- Michael Smith. "Pamiat' ob utratakh i Azerbaidzhanskoe obshchestvo/Traumatic Loss and Azerbaijani. National Memory". Azerbaidzhan i Rossiia: obshchestva i gosudarstva (Azerbaijan and Russia: Societies and States) (in Russian). Sakharov Center. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам Российской Империи кроме губерний Европейской России" (in Russian). Демоскоп.
- "Population of Baku Uyezd". Demoskop Weekly.