The Geokchay uezd[a] was a county (uezd) of the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire and then of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolishment in 1929. The uezd was located in the central part of the governorate, bordering the Kuba uezd to the north, the Shemakha uezd to the east, the Javad uezd to the south and the Elizavetpol Governorate to the west.[4] The administrative center of the uezd was the city of Geokchay (present-day Goychay).[5]
Geokchay uezd
Геокчайский уезд | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in the Baku Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Governorate | Baku |
| Established | 1868 |
| Abolished | 1929 |
| Capital | Geokchay (present-day Goychay) |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,322.24 km2 (2,054.93 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
• Total | 134,098 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| • Rural | 100.00% |
History
editThe Geokchay uezd was formed in 1868 as part of the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire.[6] It was later abolished in 1929 by Soviet authorities during an administrative reorganisation of the region into rayons.[7]
Administrative divisions
editThe prefectures (участки, uchastki) of the Geokchay uezd in 1917 were as follows:[8][9]
| Name | Administrative centre | 1912 population | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bargushetskiy prefecture (Баргушетский участок) | Udzhary (Ucar) | 48,238 | 1,952.94 square versts (2,222.57 km2; 858.14 sq mi) |
| Ivanovskiy prefecture (Ивановский участок) | Ivanovka (İvanovka) | 35,419 | 1,242.48 square versts (1,414.02 km2; 545.96 sq mi) |
| Kyurdamirskiy prefecture (Кюрдамирский участок) | Kyurdamir (Kurdamir) | 40,409 | 1,481.16 square versts (1,685.65 km2; 650.83 sq mi) |
Demographics
editRussian Empire Census
editAccording to the Russian Empire Census, the Geokchay uezd had a population of 117,705 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 64,133 men and 53,572 women. The majority of the population indicated Tatar[b] to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian and Tat speaking minorities.[12]
| Language | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Tatar[b] | 92,962 | 78.98 |
| Armenian | 12,994 | 11.04 |
| Tat | 3,995 | 3.39 |
| Russian | 2,458 | 2.09 |
| Kyurin | 2,045 | 1.74 |
| Avar-Andean | 1,772 | 1.51 |
| Jewish | 847 | 0.72 |
| Persian | 265 | 0.23 |
| Georgian | 235 | 0.20 |
| Polish | 27 | 0.02 |
| Ukrainian | 17 | 0.01 |
| German | 14 | 0.01 |
| Greek | 12 | 0.01 |
| Turkish | 11 | 0.01 |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 6 | 0.01 |
| Mordovian | 1 | 0.00 |
| Other | 44 | 0.04 |
| TOTAL | 117,705 | 100.00 |
Kavkazskiy kalendar
editAccording to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Geokchay uezd had 134,098 residents on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 73,891 men and 60,207 women, 127,650 of whom were the permanent population, and 6,448 were temporary residents:[13]
| Nationality | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
| Sunni Muslims[c] | 63,943 | 47.68 |
| Shia Muslims[d] | 48,681 | 36.30 |
| Armenians | 17,207 | 12.83 |
| Russians | 3,296 | 2.46 |
| Jews | 815 | 0.61 |
| North Caucasians | 153 | 0.11 |
| Other Europeans | 3 | 0.00 |
| TOTAL | 134,098 | 100.00 |
Soviet census (1926)
editAccording to the 1926 census, the population of the uezd was 172,851.[15]
Notes
edit- ^
- Russian: Геокчайский уезд, pre-reform orthography: Геокчайскій уѣздъ, romanized: Geokchayskiy uyezd [ɡʲɪəkt͡ɕɪjskʲɪj ʊ(j)ɪst]
- Azerbaijani: گوگچای قضاسی, romanized: Gögçāy qaz̤āsı[1][2][3]
- ^ a b Before 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".[10][11]
- ^ Primarily Turco-Tatars.[14]
- ^ Primarily Tatars.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Выпуск 1-й. Учебные заведения." [Part 1. Educational institutions.]. Перепись просветительных учреждений Азербайджана 31 января 1922 года: списки просветительных учреждений [Census of educational institutions of Azerbaijan on 31 January 1922: lists of educational institutions.] (in Russian and Azerbaijani). Baku: Azerbaijani Central Statistical Bureau. 1922. p. 13 – via State Public Historical Library of Russia.
- ^ "Выпуск 11-й. Геокчайский уезд." [Part 11. Geokchay uezd.]. Азербайджанская сельскохозяйственная перепись 1921 года [1921 Azerbaijani agricultural census] (in Russian and Azerbaijani). Baku: Azerbaijani Central Statistical Bureau. 1922. p. 111 – via State Public Historical Library of Russia.
- ^ Sâmî, Şemseddîn (1889). قاموس الاعلام: تاریخ و جغرافیا لغاتنی و تعبیر اصحله كافه اسماء خاصهیی جامعدر (in Ottoman Turkish). Mihran Matbaası. pp. 840–841 – via Google Books.
- ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 59.
- ^ "Administrative Territorial Division" (PDF). preslib.az. p. 105.
Salyan became the administrative and cultural center of Javad gaza that was established within the Baku province in February of 1868
- ^ "Administrative Territorial Division" (PDF). preslib.az. p. 3.
- ^ "Administrative Territorial Division" (PDF). preslib.az. p. 3.
- ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 2–22.
- ^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 140–143.
- ^ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
- ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
- ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 178–181.
- ^ a b Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.
- ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
Bibliography
edit- Bournoutian, George A. (2018). Armenia and Imperial Decline: The Yerevan Province, 1900–1914. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-06260-2. OCLC 1037283914.
- Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia: The First Year, 1918–1919. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520019843.
- Кавказский календарь на 1913 год [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.
- Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.
- Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus (PDF). Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2023.