Lipetsk County

The surface of the county, despite the steppe and flat character, represented rather significant fluctuations, from 210–200 m in the western margins to 120–150 m in the east and up to 90–105 m in the middle. The greatest difference in relative heights was observed only in the banks of river valleys cut by numerous gullies and ravines; there, they often reached 40 and even 55 m. In the interfluvial spaces, the surface was an almost perfect plain, diversified only by flat, barely noticeable uvels. The territory of the county was cut by several river valleys, which all belonged to the Voronezh river system, which flowed along the western part of the county. Its right bank was high and cut through many deep ravines; the left bank was low, rich in forests, swamps and flying sands. Of the tributaries of Voronezh, the most significant was the Matyra River, which cut through the county almost in the middle. Marshes and lakes lay mainly on the left side of the Voronezh River ^[2] . The area of ​​the county was equal to 3.35 thousand km² in 1897 and 5.65 thousand km² in 1926.

As of January 1, 1926, the county was divided into 13 volosts, which in turn were divided into 113 village councils (s / s):

• Butyrskaya. The center is the village of Butyrki. 8 s / s
• Gryazinskaya. The center is the village of Gryazi. 12 s / s
• Dobrovskaya. The center is the village of Good. 6 s / s
• Ischeinskaya. The center is the village of Ishcheino. 13 s / s
• Krasninskaya. The center is the village of Krasnoe. 9 s / s
• Kuymanskaya. The center is the village of Kuyman. 9 s / s
• Kuzminskaya. The center is the village of Kuzminskie otverzhki. 10 s / s
• Lenin. The center is the village of Lenino. 7 s / s
• Lebedyansko-Suburban. The center is the city of Lebedyan . 16 s / s
• Nizhne-Studenetskaya. The center is the village of Nizhny Studenets. 6 s / s
• Soshkinskaya. The center is the village of Soshki. 4 s / s
• Trubetchinskaya. The center is the village of Trubetchino. 5 s / s
• Shovskaya. The center is the village of Shovskoye. 8 s / s

In 1893, the county consisted of 190 settlements, the largest of them ^[3] :

• Lipetsk - 15 091 people;
• from. Kazinka - 5214 people;
• from. Soshki - 4972 people;
• from. Semenovka - 4247 people;
• from. Two villages - 4100 people;
• from. Tavolzhanka - 3685 people;
• from. Students - 3616 people .;
• from. Yablonovets - 3583 people;
• from. Shekhman - 3435 people;
• from. Teleluy - 3005 people;
• from. Big Izberdy - 2881 people .;
• from. Peskovatka - 2556 people;
• from. Mud - 2310 people;

Lipetsk Uyezd was formed during the administrative reform of Catherine II in 1779 , when it was included in the Tambov governorate. In 1796, the Tambov governorship became known as the Tambov province.

In the 1920s, the area of ​​the county increased significantly due to the inclusion of some of the abolished neighboring counties. In 1928, the Tambov province and all its counties were abolished. The territory of the Lipetsk district moved to the new Central Black Earth region .

According to the List of Populated Places from 1862 ^[4] , 110.327 thousand people lived in the county (including 11.659 in Lipetsk). The total number of yards was 12,675 (including 834 in Lipetsk). According to the census of 1897, 164.4 thousand people lived in the county. Including Russians - 99.7%. 20.5 thousand people lived in the city of Lipetsk. ^[5] . According to 1926, 371.6 thousand people lived in the county (which had increased by that time in area) ^[6] .

• Mushketov I.V. Geological sketch of the Lipetsk district of the Tambov province in connection with the mineral springs of the city of Lipetsk (with a geological map and plan) // Transactions of the Geological Committee. T. 1. No. 4. - St. Petersburg, 1885.

• Lipetsk // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
• Old maps of Lipetsk county