Nativity County - an administrative unit that was part of the St. Petersburg province . The county town was Rozhdestveno .
| Christmas County | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Russian empire |
| Province | St. Petersburg province |
| County town | Rozhdestveno |
| Population | 24,631 ( 1,782 ) people |
| Educated | 1780 |
| Abolished | 1796 |
History
Before the creation of the provincial system, this territory was part of the Vodskaya Pyatina of Novgorod land [1] and was mainly inhabited by the Finno-Ugric tribes of Vod and Izhora .
Under Peter I, this territory became part of the newly established Ingermagland province (from 1710 - St. Petersburg).
A separate Christmas ( Rozhdestvensky ) district was formed on January 1, 1779 from part of the Koporsky district according to the decree of Catherine II “On the Establishment of the St. Petersburg Province of Seven Counties” [2] . The center was the city of Rozhdestvensky (Christmas) , which was granted the coat of arms on May 7, 1780 [3] .
But already in 1796, Rozhdestveno ceased to function as a county town [4] , and in 1802 the territory of the county was legally annexed to Sofia district . The city of Rozhdestveno has become a volost center.
Population
| Change in the population of the county (according to revisions) [5] | |
|---|---|
| III revision 1762 [6] | IV revision 1782 |
| 20,900 people | 24,631 people |
Notes
- ↑ Nevolin K.A. About Pyatiny and graveyards of Novgorod in the 16th century, with the application of a map. - SPb .: Type. Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1853.
- ↑ Complete collection of laws of the Russian Empire. St. Petersburg, 1830. T. 20. No. 14958
- ↑ Complete collection of laws of the Russian Empire. St. Petersburg, 1830. T. 20. No. 15096
- ↑ Probably, Paul I intended to transfer all public places to Gatchina
- ↑ Agrarian History of the North-West of Russia of the 17th Century / Ed. ed. A. L. Shapiro. L., 1989
- ↑ Before the establishment of the county