Sudzhansky Uyezd | |
Native Name: | Суджанский уезд |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Settlement Type: | Uezd |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Russian Empire |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Kursk |
Established Title: | Established |
Extinct Title: | Abolished |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Sudzha |
Area Total Km2: | 2801.8 |
Population As Of: | 1897 |
Population Total: | 152191 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name: | Today part of |
Blank Info: | Russia, Ukraine |
Sudzhansky Uyezd (Russian: Суджа́нский уе́зд; Russian: label=[[Reforms of Russian orthography|pre-1918]]|Суджанскiй уѣздъ) was one of the subdivisions of Kursk Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Sudzha.[1]
The city of Sudzha was founded in 1664. The uyezd is known to have existed by some other point in the 17th century.[2]
On October 16, 1925, the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union enacted a resolution that transferred part of the former Sudzhansky Uyezd from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.[3]
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Sudzhansky Uyezd had a population of 152,191 people, of whom 76,119 were men and 76,072 were women. This included an urban population of 23,752. Using the historical all-Russian nation terminology, the census identified 55% of the population as Great Russians (Russians) and 45% of the population as Little Russians (Ukrainians).[1] Of the rural population, 51.9% spoke Russian, 47.9% Ukrainian, 0.1% Yiddish and 0.1% Polish as their native language.[4]