Kharkovsky Uyezd (Russian:Харьковский уезд;Ukrainian:Харківський повіт,romanized: Kharkivskyi povit) was anuyezd (district) in theKharkov Governorate of theRussian Empire.

This uyezd was created on April 25, 1780 by order of the EmpressCatherine the Great. Theadministrative centre of uyezd was the city ofKharkov.

The uyezd had one city (Kharkov), one small town (Zolochev) and consisted of 27volosts.

In January 1897, according to theRussian Empire Census, the population of the uyezd was 348,488 people.

By theSoviet administrative reform of 1923, the uyezd was transformed intoKharkiv Raion.

At the time of theRussian Empire Census of 1897, Kharkovsky Uyezd had a population of 348,488. Of these, 54.9% spokeUkrainian, 39.5%Russian, 2.8%Yiddish, 1.2%Polish, 0.7%German, 0.2%Belarusian, 0.2%Tatar, 0.1%Armenian and 0.1%French as their native language.^[1]

• Харьков //Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона : в 86 т. (82 т. и 4 доп.). — Т. 37. СПб., 1903.

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