Geokchay uezd

{{italic title|string=uezd}} {{Infobox settlement | area_total_km2 = 5,322.24 | established_date = 1868 | established_title = Established | extinct_date = 1929 | extinct_title = Abolished | image_map = Geokchai Uyezd of Baku Governorate.png | image_shield = Baku gub coa n655.png | map_caption = Location in the Baku Governorate | mapsize = 220px | name = Geokchay ''uezd'' | native_name = Геокчайский уезд | native_name_lang = ru | population_as_of = 1916 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_rural = 100.00% | population_total = 134,098 | seat = Geokchay<br>(present-day Goychay) | seat_type = Capital | settlement_type = ''Uezd'' | subdivision_name = Russian Empire | subdivision_name1 = Caucasus | subdivision_name2 = Baku | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_type1 = Viceroyalty | subdivision_type2 = Governorate | total_type = Total }} The '''Geokchay ''uezd'''''{{efn|{{bulletedlist|{{langx|ru|Геокчайский уезд}}, {{langx|ru|label=<small>pre-reform orthography</small>|Геокчайскій уѣздъ|translit=Geokchayskiy uyezd}} {{IPA|ru|ɡʲɪəkt͡ɕɪjskʲɪj ʊ(j)ɪst|}}|{{Langx|az-Arab|گوگچای‌ قضاسی|translit=Gögçāy qaz̤āsı|translit-std=ALA-LC}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://elib.shpl.ru/ru/nodes/91222|publisher=Azerbaijani Central Statistical Bureau |title=Перепись просветительных учреждений Азербайджана 31 января 1922 года: списки просветительных учреждений. |year=1922 |location=Baku |pages=13 |language=ru, az |trans-title=Census of educational institutions of Azerbaijan on 31 January 1922: lists of educational institutions.|chapter=Выпуск 1-й. Учебные заведения. |trans-chapter=Part 1. Educational institutions. |chapter-url=http://elib.shpl.ru/ru/nodes/90916-vyp-1-uchebnye-zavedeniya-1922#mode/inspect/page/19/zoom/4 |via=State Public Historical Library of Russia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://elib.shpl.ru/ru/nodes/91220 |title=Азербайджанская сельскохозяйственная перепись 1921 года |publisher=Azerbaijani Central Statistical Bureau |year=1922 |location=Baku |page=111 |language=ru, az |trans-title=1921 Azerbaijani agricultural census |chapter=Выпуск 11-й. Геокчайский уезд. |trans-chapter=Part 11. Geokchay uezd. |chapter-url=http://elib.shpl.ru/ru/nodes/90899-t-1-vyp-11-geokchayskiy-uezd-1922#mode/inspect/page/119/zoom/4 |via=State Public Historical Library of Russia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sâmî |first=Şemseddîn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fr1BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA845 |date=1889 |publisher=Mihran Matbaası |pages=840–841 |language=ota |script-title=ota:قاموس الاعلام: تاریخ و جغرافیا لغاتنی و تعبیر اصحله كافه اسماء خاصه‌یی جامعدر |author-link=Sami Frashëri |via=Google Books}}</ref>}}}} 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.{{sfn|Tsutsiev|2014|p=59}} The administrative center of the ''uezd'' was the city of Geokchay (present-day Goychay).<ref>{{cite web|author=|date=|title=Administrative Territorial Division|url=http://files.preslib.az/projects/azerbaijan/eng/gl2.pdf|access-date=|website=preslib.az|publisher=|page=105|quote=Salyan became the administrative and cultural center of Javad gaza that was established within the Baku province in February of 1868}}</ref>

== History == The Geokchay ''uezd'' was formed in 1868 as part of the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire.<ref>{{cite web|author=|date=|title=Administrative Territorial Division|url=http://files.preslib.az/projects/azerbaijan/rus/gl2.pdf|access-date=|website=preslib.az|publisher=|page=3|quote=}}</ref> It was later abolished in 1929 by Soviet authorities during an administrative reorganisation of the region into rayons.<ref>{{cite web|author=|date=|title=Administrative Territorial Division|url=http://files.preslib.az/projects/azerbaijan/rus/gl2.pdf|access-date=|website=preslib.az|publisher=|page=3|quote=}}</ref>

== Administrative divisions == The prefectures ({{Langx|ru|участки|translit=uchastki|label=none}}) of the Geokchay ''uezd'' in 1917 were as follows:{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1917 год|pp=2–22}}{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1913 год|pp=140–143}} {| class="wikitable sortable" !Name !Administrative centre !1912 population !Area |- |''Bargushetskiy'' prefecture ({{lang|ru|Баргушетский участок}}) |Udzhary (Ucar) | align="right" |48,238 |{{Convert|1952.94|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}} |- |''Ivanovskiy'' prefecture ({{lang|ru|Ивановский участок}}) |Ivanovka (İvanovka) | align="right" |35,419 |{{Convert|1242.48|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}} |- |''Kyurdamirskiy'' prefecture ({{lang|ru|Кюрдамирский участок}}) |Kyurdamir (Kurdamir) | align="right" |40,409 |{{Convert|1481.16|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}} |}

== Demographics ==

=== Russian Empire Census === According to the Russian Empire Census, the Geokchay ''uezd'' had a population of 117,705 on {{OldStyleDate|28 January|1897|15 January}}, including 64,133 men and 53,572 women. The majority of the population indicated Tatar{{Caucasian Tatars}} to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian and Tat speaking minorities.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=325 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=www.demoscope.ru}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Linguistic composition of the Geokchay ''uezd'' in 1897<ref name=":0" /> !Language !Native speakers !% |- |Tatar{{efn|name=Caucasian Tatars}} | align="right" |92,962 | align="right" |78.98 |- |Armenian | align="right" |12,994 | align="right" |11.04 |- |Tat | align="right" |3,995 | align="right" |3.39 |- |Russian | align="right" |2,458 | align="right" |2.09 |- |Kyurin | align="right" |2,045 | align="right" |1.74 |- |Avar-Andean | align="right" |1,772 | align="right" |1.51 |- |Jewish | align="right" |847 | align="right" |0.72 |- |Persian | align="right" |265 | align="right" |0.23 |- |Georgian | align="right" |235 | align="right" |0.20 |- |Polish | align="right" |27 | align="right" |0.02 |- |Ukrainian | align="right" |17 | align="right" |0.01 |- |German | align="right" |14 | align="right" |0.01 |- |Greek | align="right" |12 | align="right" |0.01 |- |Turkish | align="right" |11 | align="right" |0.01 |- |Kazi-Kumukh | align="right" |6 | align="right" |0.01 |- |Mordovian | align="right" |1 | align="right" |0.00 |- |Other | align="right" |44 | align="right" |0.04 |- !TOTAL !117,705 !100.00 |}

=== ''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' === According to the 1917 publication of ''Kavkazskiy kalendar'', the Geokchay ''uezd'' had 134,098 residents on {{OldStyleDate|14 January|1916|1 January}}, including 73,891 men and 60,207 women, 127,650 of whom were the permanent population, and 6,448 were temporary residents:{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1917 год|pp=178–181}} {| class="wikitable sortable" !Nationality !Number !% |- |Sunni Muslims{{Efn|Primarily Turco-Tatars.{{sfn|Hovannisian|1971|p=67}}}} | align="right" |63,943 | align="right" |47.68 |- |Shia Muslims{{Efn|Primarily Tatars.{{sfn|Hovannisian|1971|p=67}}}} | align="right" |48,681 | align="right" |36.30 |- |Armenians | align="right" |17,207 | align="right" |12.83 |- |Russians | align="right" |3,296 | align="right" |2.46 |- |Jews | align="right" |815 | align="right" |0.61 |- |North Caucasians | align="right" |153 | align="right" |0.11 |- |Other Europeans | align="right" |3 | align="right" |0.00 |- !TOTAL !134,098 !100.00 |}

=== Soviet census (1926) === According to the 1926 census, the population of the ''uezd'' was 172,851.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr_26_b.php?reg=66 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=www.demoscope.ru}}</ref>

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== Bibliography == {{Refbegin}} *{{Cite Armenia and Imperial Decline}} *{{Hovannisian: The Republic of Armenia|volume=1}} *{{Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1913}} *{{Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1917}} *{{Cite Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus}} {{Refend}}

Category:Historical geography of Azerbaijan Category:States and territories established in 1840 Category:1840 establishments in the Russian Empire Category:1929 disestablishments in the Soviet Union Category:Uezds of Baku Governorate Category:Uezds of the Soviet Union Category:States and territories disestablished in 1929