Kazakhsky Uyezd was one of the uyezd

Uyezd

Uyezd or uezd was an administrative subdivision of Rus', Muscovy, Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR which was in use from the 13th century. Uyezds for most of the history in Russia were a secondary-level of administrative division...

s (administrative units) of Elisabethpol Governorate

Elisabethpol Governorate

Elisabethpol Governorate or Elizavetpol Governorate was one of the guberniyas of the Russian Empire, with its centre in Elisabethpol . Its area was 44,136 sq. kilometres, and it had 878,415 inhabitants by 1897....

 of the Russian Empire

Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

 and then of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was the first successful attempt to establish a democratic and secular republic in the Muslim world . The ADR was founded on May 28, 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Azerbaijani National Council in...

 with its center in Qazax

Qazax

Qazax is a city in and the capital of the Qazakh Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 20,900.-History:...

 from 1868 until its formal abolition in 1929 by Soviet authorities.

Geography

Elisabethpol Governorate consisted of Yelizavetpolsky, Nukhisky, Shusha

Shushinsky Uyezd

Shushinsky Uyezd , was one of the uyezds of Elisabethpol Governorate of the Russian Empire, and then of Ganja Governorate of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic with its center in Shusha in 1840–1921.-Geography:...

, Zangezur

Zangezursky Uyezd

Zangezursky Uyezd was one of the uyezds of Elisabethpol Governorate of the Russian Empire with its center in Gorysy from 1868 until its formal abolition in 1921 by Soviet authorities.-Geography:...

, Kazakhsky, Areshsky

Areshsky Uyezd

Areshsky Uyezd was one of the uyezds of Elisabethpol Governorate of the Russian Empire and then of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic with its center in Agdash from 1874 until its formal abolition in 1929 by Soviet authorities....

, Dzhebrailsky

Dzhebrailsky Uyezd

Dzhebrailsky Uyezd was one of the uyezds of Elisabethpol Governorate of the Russian Empire with its center in Jabrayil from 1868 until its formal abolition in 1921 by the Soviet authorities.-Geography:...

 and Dzhavanshirsky Uyezd

Javanshir Uyezd

Dzhevanshirsky Uyezd also spelled as Jevanshir Uyezd, was one of the uyezds of Elisabethpol Governorate of the Russian Empire, with its center in Tartar in 1869–1918.-Geography:...

s. Kazakh uyezd was located in the northwestern part of Elisabethpol Governorate bordering Georgian and Erivan

Erivan Governorate

Erivan Governorate was one of the guberniyas of the Russian Empire, with its centre in Erivan . Its area was 27,830 sq. kilometres. It roughly corresponded to what is now most of central Armenia, the Iğdır Province of Turkey, and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan exclave...

 governorates on the north and northwest and Eslisabethpol uyezd of Elisapethpol Governorate on the east. The area of the uyezd was 6024.2 square verst

Verst

A verst or werst is an obsolete Russian unit of length. It is defined as being 500 sazhen long, which makes a verst equal to 1.0668 kilometres ....

. The southwestern part of the uyezd is mountainous, the northeastern part was mainly made up of lowlands. Two-thirds of uyezd was covered by Shah-dagh mountain range of Lesser Caucasus

Lesser Caucasus

Lesser Caucasus is one of the two main mountain ranges of Caucasus mountains, of length about 600 km....

 which split Erivan with Elisabethpol governorate extending from south west towards northeast meeting Kura River

Kura River

Kura is a river, also known from the Greek as the Cyrus in the Caucasus Mountains. Starting in north-eastern Turkey, it flows through Turkey to Georgia, then to Azerbaijan, where it receives the Aras River as a right tributary, and enters the Caspian Sea...

 in the lowlands. Among its peaks are Soyuq-bulag , Shah-dagh , Murguz .

History

Qazakh sultanate which existed from the 15th century was incorporated into Russian Empire along with Georgian territories. Qazakh was then a part of Georgian Governorate until the establishment of Elisabethpol Governorate in 1868. The uyezd was one of the first places where revolts against Russian rule erupted in the beginning of 1918. The uyezd was abolished in 1929 by Soviet authorities and on August 8, 1930 Qazakh Rayon was created. Kazakh, also called New Akstafa was an important railway station linking Elisabethpol Governorate (Soyug Bulag station) with Erivan and Kars

Kars

Kars is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of Kars Province. The population of the city is 73,826 as of 2010.-Etymology:As Chorzene, the town appears in Roman historiography as part of ancient Armenia...

 (Dzegam station) via Transcaucasus Railway

Transcaucasus Railway

The Transcaucus Railway was the first railway in Caucasia. It was funded by the Russian Empire as a strategic railway connecting the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. Caucasia was a land disputed between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. The railway would allow the Russian army to have better...

.

Population

According to census held in 1897, the population of uyezd was 112,074, of which 64,101 were Azerbaijani Turks

Azerbaijani people

The Azerbaijanis are a Turkic-speaking people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as in the neighbourhood states, Georgia, Russia and formerly Armenia. Commonly referred to as Azeris or Azerbaijani Turks , they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to...

, 43,555 were Armenians

Armenians

Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....

, 3,444 - Russians, 425 - Georgians

Georgian people

The Georgians are an ethnic group that have originated in Georgia, where they constitute a majority of the population. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America....

 and other minorities. According to Soviet census from 1926, the population rose to 121,255 people of which 110,550 were Azerbaijani Turks, 3,632 - Armenians, 3,816 - Russians, 1,543 - Germans. The uyezd ranked first in Elisabethpol Governorate for the number of its male population. The population was engaged primarily in agricultural farming, gardening, tobacco growing. Wool production played an important role in the economy of uyezd. Kazakh uyezd had the lowest number of plants and factories in the governorate. According to statistical data from 1891, there were 10,590 horses, 2,700 donkeys and mules, 77,826 great cattle, 8,107 buffalos, 251,000 sheeps, 14,100 goats, 10,468 pigs.

External links

• List of villages in Kazakh Uyezd in 1917, From Caucasian Calendar