Nor Bayazet Uyezd

The Nor-Bayazet or Novo-Bayazet Uyezd (Russian: Новобаязетский уезд; Armenian: Նոր Բայազետի գավառ) was an uezd (county) of the Erivan Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The uezd bordered the Alexandropol Uyezd to the north, the Etchmiadzin and Erivan uyezds to the west, the Sharur-Daralayaz Uyezd to the south, and the Kazakh, Elisabethpol, and Jevanshir uyezds of the Elisabethpol Governorate to the east. Centered on Lake Sevan, the Nor-Bayazet Uyezd included most of the contemporary province of Gegharkunik and northern parts of the Kotayk Province of the Armenia. The administrative center of the uezd was the city of Nor-Bayazet (Gavar) for which the district was eponymously named.[1]

Nor-Bayazet Uyezd
Новобаяазетский уезд
Uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Erivan Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
GovernorateErivan
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
Established1840
Abolished1930
SeatNor-Bayazet (Gavar)
UchastoksFirst, second, third, and fourth
Area
 • Total4,730 km2 (1,830 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total188,859
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)

Administrative divisions

The Nor-Bayazet Uyezd was split into 4 unnamed contiguous uchastoks (subcounties):

  • 1st (1-ий участок)
  • 2nd (2-ий участок)
  • 3rd (3-ий участок)
  • 4th (4-ий участок)

Demographics

Russian Imperial census (1897)

According to the Russian Empire census of 1897, the Nor-Bayazet Uyezd had a population of 122,573, including 63,128 men and 59,445 women. The majority of the population indicated Armenian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani) speaking minority.[2]

Linguistic composition of the Nor-Bayazet Uyezd in 1897[2]
Language Native speakers %
Armenian 81,285 66.32
Tatar[lower-alpha 1] 34,726 28.33
Kurdish 2,995 2.44
Russian 2,711 2.21
Mordovian 289 0.24
Tat 269 0.22
Greek 179 0.15
Georgian 36 0.03
Jewish 31 0.03
Polish 12 0.01
Lithuanian 6 0.00
Ukrainian 5 0.00
Assyrian 4 0.00
Italian 1 0.00
Other 24 0.02
TOTAL 122,573 100.00

Caucasian Calendar (1917)

The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 205,617 residents in the Nor-Bayazet Uyezd, including 97,864 men and 90,995 women, 174,879 of whom were the permanent population, and 13,980 were temporary residents. The statistics indicated the city of Nor-Bayazet and its peripheries to be overwhelmingly ethnic Armenian, with sizeable Tatar, Kurdish and Russian minorities, the Tatars of which were mainly concentrated near the southeastern section of the uezd:[3]

Nationality Center Rural TOTAL
Armenians 14,350 114,997 129,347 68.5%
Tatars (later known as Azerbaijanis) 0 50,713 50,713 26.8%
Russians 83 4,842 4,925 2.6%
Kurds 238 2,726 2,964 1.6%
Yezidis 0 408 408 0.2%
Assyrians 64 38 102 0.1%
TOTAL 14,748 174,111 188,859 100.0%

Notes
  1. Later known as Azerbaijani.

References
  1. Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 59. ISBN 9780300153088.
  2. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  3. Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). pp. 367–370.

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