Английская Википедия:Elizavetpol uezd

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The Elizavetpol uezd,Шаблон:Efn also known as the Ganja uezdШаблон:Efn 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. The area of the Elizavetpol uezd corresponds to the modern-day Gadabay, Shamkir, Dashkasan, Goygol, and Samukh districts of Azerbaijan.

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, (Шаблон:Lang-az; 11,219 ft), Ginal-dag (Шаблон:Lang-az; 11,057 ft), Gyamysh (Шаблон:Lang-az; 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.

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).

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.

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Elizavetpol uezd in 1912 were as follows:Шаблон:Sfn

Name	1912 population	Area
1-y uchastok (Шаблон:Lang-ru)	29,547	Шаблон:Convert
2-y uchastok (Шаблон:Lang-ru)	27,847	Шаблон:Convert
3-y uchastok (Шаблон:Lang-ru)	26,880	Шаблон:Convert
4-y uchastok (Шаблон:Lang-ru)	35,816	Шаблон:Convert
5-y uchastok (Шаблон:Lang-ru)	21,166	Шаблон:Convert
6-y uchastok (Шаблон:Lang-ru)	5,134	Шаблон:Convert

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.

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Elizavetpol uezd had a population of 162,788 on Шаблон:OldStyleDate, including 90,584 men and 72,204 women. The majority of the population indicated TatarШаблон:Caucasian Tatars to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian and Russian speaking minorities.

Linguistic composition of the Elizavetpol uezd in 1897

Language	Native speakers	%
TatarШаблон:Efn	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 Шаблон:OldStyleDate, 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:Шаблон:Sfn

Nationality	Urban		Rural		TOTAL
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Shia MuslimsШаблон:Efn	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 MuslimsШаблон:Efn	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

Bibliography

• Шаблон:Cite Armenia and Imperial Decline
• Шаблон:Cite The Republic of Armenia Volume 1
• Шаблон:Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1913
• Шаблон:Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1917
• Шаблон:Cite Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus