Bogodukhov uyezd

Bogodukhov uyezd was an uyezd (district) in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.

Bogodukhov uyezd Богодуховский уездъ
of the Russian Empire
1780–1923
Capital	Bogodukhov
Population
• (1897)	159 806
History
• Established	1780
• Disestablished	1923

History

This uyezd was created on April 25, 1780 by order of the Empress Catherine the Great. The administrative centre of uyezd was small town Bogodukhov. Since that time, Bogodukhov got its own coat of arms.

The uyezd had two towns (Bogodukhov and Krasnokutsk) and consisted of 18 volosts.

In the 1870s, the railway was built through the uyezd and the Bogodukhov railway station was built in 1878 in Bogodukhov.

In January 1897, according to the Russian Empire Census, the population of the uyezd was 159 806 people.

By the Soviet administrative reform of 1923, uyezd was transformed into Bogodukhov okrug.

Sources

• Селиванов А. Ф. Богодухов // Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона : в 86 т. (82 т. и 4 доп.). — Т. 4. СПб., 1891.