Semenov Uyezd is an administrative-territorial unit within the Nizhny Novgorod province of the Russian Empire and the RSFSR , which existed in 1779-1929 . County town - Semenov .
| Semenovsky district | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Russian empire |
| Province | Nizhny Novgorod province |
| County town | Semenov (city) | Semenov |
| History and Geography | |
| Date of formation | 1779 |
| Square | 5,889.2 miles Β² kmΒ² |
| Population | |
| Population | 111 388 [1] ( 1897 ) people |
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History
Semenov Uyezd as part of the Nizhny Novgorod governorate was formed in 1779 during the administrative reform of Catherine II , which in 1796 was transformed into the Nizhny Novgorod province .
On January 14, 1929, the Nizhny Novgorod province and all its districts were abolished, most of the Semenovsky district became part of the Semenovsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region .
Administrative Division
In 1913 there were 14 volosts in the county [2] :
- Epiphany,
- Borskaya ,
- Belkino-Mezhuykovskaya (center - the village of Yamnovo),
- Vladimirskaya
- Drozdovskaya (center - d. Shubino),
- Zinyakovo-Smolkovskaya,
- Kantaurovskaya
- Rozhnovskaya
- Khahal,
- Khvostikovskaya
- Khokhloma
- Chistopolskaya,
- Shaldezhskaya
- Yurasovskaya.
In 1926 there were 8 volosts in the county:
- Epiphany,
- Ilyinsko-Zaborskaya,
- Kantaurovskaya
- Koverninsky
- Khvostikovskaya
- Khokhloma
- Chistopolskaya,
- Yurasovskaya.
Population
According to the 1897 census, 111,388 [1] people lived in the county. Including Russians - 99.9%. In the county town of Semenov , 3,752 people lived.
According to the results of the 1926 All-Union population census, the county population was 135,501 people [3] , of which the city population was 7,634.
Handicrafts in late 19th century photographs.
Taken from the publication: Nizhny Novgorod province for the study of the provincial zemstvo . Issue II: M.A. Plotnikov. Handicrafts of the Nizhny Novgorod province. - St. Petersburg, 1896.
Notes
- β 1 2 The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897 . Date of treatment February 8, 2010. Archived on August 27, 2011.
- β Volostnaya, stanichnaya, rural, communal governments and administrations, as well as police camps throughout Russia with the designation of their location . - Kyiv: Publishing House of the L.A. Fish, 1913.
- β All-Union Population Census of 1926 . Date of treatment October 17, 2010. Archived April 17, 2012.
Links
- Semenov, the county town of Nizhny Novgorod province // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Old maps of Semenovsky district