# Kuba uezd
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{{Infobox settlement
| area_total_km2 = 7,179.59
| established_date = 1840
| established_title = Established
| extinct_date = 1929
| extinct_title = Abolished
| image_map = Kuba Uyezd of Baku Governorate.png
| image_shield = Baku gub coa n655.png
| map_caption = Location in the Baku Governorate
| mapsize = 220px
| name = Kuba ''uezd''
| native_name = Кубинский уезд
| native_name_lang = ru
| population_as_of = 1916
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rural = 86.40%
| population_total = 198,204
| population_urban = 13.60%
| seat = Kuba
(present-day [Quba](/source/Quba))
| seat_type = Capital
| settlement_type = ''[Uezd](/source/Uezd)''
| subdivision_name = [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire)
| subdivision_name1 = [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus_Viceroyalty_(1801%E2%80%931917))
| subdivision_name2 = [Baku](/source/Baku_Governorate)
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_type1 = [Viceroyalty](/source/List_of_viceroyalties_of_the_Russian_Empire)
| subdivision_type2 = [Governorate](/source/List_of_governorates_of_the_Russian_Empire)
| total_type = Total
}}
The '''Kuba ''uezd'''''{{efn|{{bulletedlist|{{langx|ru|Кубинский уезд}}, {{langx|ru|label=[pre-reform orthography](/source/pre-reform_orthography)|Кубинскій уѣздъ|translit=Kubinskiy uyezd}} {{IPA|ru|kʊbʲɪnskʲɪj ʊ(j)ɪst|}}|{{Langx|azb-Arab|قبہ قضاسی|translit=Qubeh qaz̤āsı|translit-std=ALA-LC|label=[Azerbaijani](/source/Azerbaijani_language)}}}}}} was a county (''[uezd](/source/uezd)'') within the [Baku Governorate](/source/Baku_Governorate) of [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) and then of [Azerbaijan Democratic Republic](/source/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic) and [Azerbaijan SSR](/source/Azerbaijan_SSR) until its formal abolition in 1929 by Soviet authorities. The ''uezd'' was located in northern part of the Baku Governorate, bordering [Caspian Sea](/source/Caspian_Sea) to the east, [Elizavetpol Governorate](/source/Elizavetpol_Governorate) to the west, [Dagestan Oblast](/source/Dagestan_Oblast) to the north, the [Geokchay](/source/Geokchay_uezd), [Shemakha](/source/Shemakha_uezd), and [Baku](/source/Baku_uezd) ''uezds'' to the south.{{sfn|Tsutsiev|2014|p=59}} The administrative center of the ''uezd'' was the city of Kuba (present-day [Quba](/source/Quba)).
== Administrative divisions ==
The prefectures ({{Langx|ru|участки|translit=[uchastki](/source/Uchastok)|label=none}}) of the Kuba ''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
|-
|''Divichinskiy'' prefecture ({{lang|ru|Дивичинский участок}})
|Divichi ([Şabran](/source/%C5%9Eabran))
| align="right" |41,569
|{{Convert|1764.78|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}}
|-
|''Kubinskiy'' prefecture ({{lang|ru|Кубинский участок}})
|[Rustov](/source/Rustov)
| align="right" |54,113
|{{Convert|1855.78|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}}
|-
|''Kusarskiy'' prefecture ({{lang|ru|Кусарский участок}})
|Kusary ([Qusar](/source/Qusar_(city)))
| align="right" |53,645
|{{Convert|1437.34|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}}
|-
|''Myushkyurskiy'' prefecture ({{lang|ru|Мюшкюрский участок}})
|[Khachmaz](/source/Khachmaz_(city))
| align="right" |16,540
|{{Convert|1250.71|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}}
|}
==Geography==
The ''uezd'' was located on the northern slope of the eastern part of [Greater Caucasus mountain range](/source/Greater_Caucasus), mainly consisting of 3 main parts: Mountains, which occupies most parts of the south-west, foothills, covering most of the ''uezd'' from south-west to northeast, and lowlands, mostly in the areas bordering the Caspian Sea. The highest point in the ''uezd'', [Shahdagh](/source/Shahdagh), is located at the western part of the ''uezd'' at 13,951 feet.[{{cite web |url=http://gatchina3000.ru/big/056/56804_brockhaus-efron.htm |title= Большой энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона. Агдаш
|trans-title=Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedia Dictionary. Kuba |accessdate=2011-08-05}}]
The three main rivers in the ''uezd'' were [Qudyal](/source/Qudyal), Gilgil and Qusarchay. The [Samur](/source/Samur_(river)) river formed the northern border.[{{cite web |url=http://files.preslib.az/projects/azerbaijan/eng/gl2.pdf |title=Administrative Territorial Division |author= |date= |website=preslib.az |publisher= |access-date= |quote= |page=9}}]
In 1918, after the collapse of the Russian Empire, Azerbaijan became part of [Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic](/source/Transcaucasian_Democratic_Federative_Republic). After the establishment of the [Baku Commune](/source/Baku_Commune) in April 1918,[[Hopkirk, Peter](/source/Peter_Hopkirk). ''On Secret Service East of Constantinople: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire'', Oxford University Press, 2001; {{ISBN|0-19-280230-5}}, pp 304–5, 322] clashes began in the city of [Baku](/source/Baku) and other ''uezds'' within the [Baku Governorate](/source/Baku_Governorate),[{{Cite book|last=Shahumyan|first=Stepan|title=Letters 1896–1918|publisher=State Publishing House of Armenia|year=1959|location=Yerevan|pages=63–67|quote=On one side were fighting the Soviet Red Guard; the Red International Army, recently organized by us; the Red Fleet, which we had succeeded in reorganizing in a short time; and Armenian national units. On the other side the Muslim Savage Division in which there were quite a few Russian officers, and bands of armed Muslims, led by the Musavat Party... For us the results of the battle were brilliant. The destruction of the enemy was complete... More than three thousand were killed on both sides}}] called the [March Days](/source/March_Days), during which 12,000 Azerbaijanis and other Muslims and 2,500 Armenians died.[{{cite book|last=Pasdermadjian|first=Garegin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZQiAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA188|title=Why Armenia Should be Free: Armenia's Role in the Present War|publisher=The Armenian National Union of America|year=1918|pages=188–199|author-link=Karekin Pastermadjian}}][{{cite book|last=Minahan|first=James B.|url=|title=Miniature Empires: A Historical Dictionary of the Newly Independent States|publisher=|year=1998|isbn=0-313-30610-9|location=|page=22|quote=The tensions and fighting between the Azeris and the Armenians in the federation culminated in the massacre of some 12,000 Azeris in Baku by radical Armenians and Bolshevik troops in March 1918|authorlink=|accessdate=}}][{{cite web |url=http://old.sakharov-center.ru/publications/azrus/az_004.htm |title=Pamiat' ob utratakh i Azerbaidzhanskoe obshchestvo/Traumatic Loss and Azerbaijani. National Memory |author=Michael Smith |work=Azerbaidzhan i Rossiia: obshchestva i gosudarstva (Azerbaijan and Russia: Societies and States) |publisher=Sakharov Center |accessdate=21 August 2011 |language=ru |archive-date=1 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401031542/http://old.sakharov-center.ru/publications/azrus/az_004.htm |url-status=dead }}]
On 28 May 1918, the [Azerbaijan Democratic Republic](/source/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic) declared its independence and the ''uezd'' was kept as part of its administrative units. After the [Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan](/source/Red_Army_invasion_of_Azerbaijan) in 1920, Azerbaijan was integrated into the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) and the ''uezd'' was abolished by Soviet authorities in 1929.
==Demographics==
=== Russian Empire Census ===
According to the [Russian Empire Census](/source/Russian_Empire_Census), the Kuba ''uezd'' had a population of 183,242 on {{OldStyleDate|28 January|1897|15 January}}, including 96,771 men and 86,471 women. The plurality of the population indicated Tatar{{Caucasian Tatars}} to be their mother tongue, with significant [Tat](/source/Tat_language_(Caucasus)), [Kyurin](/source/Lezgian_language), and [Kazi-Kumukh](/source/Lak_language) speaking minorities.[{{cite web |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=331 |title=Population of Kuba Uyezd (1897) |author= |date= |website=Demoskop Weekly |language=ru |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Linguistic composition of the Kuba ''uezd'' in 1897[{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Population of Kuba Uyezd |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr_26_b.php?reg=70 |access-date= |website=Demoskop Weekly |publisher= |quote=}}]
== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
== 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}}
{{Subdivisions of the Russian Empire}}
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
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