Sudzhansky Uyezd Explained

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]

History

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]

Demographics

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]

Notes and References

  1. Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. ЭСБЕ. Суджа. ru. Voevodin. Alexander. 1901. Sudzha.
  2. Book: Tankov, Anatoly Alekseyevich . Историческая лѣтопись курскаго дворянства. Суджанскiй уѣздъ . http://old-kursk.ru/book/tankov/t024-7.html . 2024-01-14 . ru. 1913. Sudzhansky Uyezd.
  3. Постановление Президиума ЦИК СССР от 16.10.1925 Об урегулировании границ УССР с РСФСР и БССР. ru. 16 October 1925. Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union. Resolution of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR, dated 16 October 1925: On the settlement of borders of the UkrSSR with the RSFSR and the BSSR.
  4. Web site: Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г.: Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России. Демоскоп Weekly.