Lenkoran uezd

The prefectures ({{Langx|ru|участки|translit=uchastki|label=none}}) of the Lenkoran uezd in 1917 were as follows:{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1917 год|pp=2–22}}{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1913 год|pp=140–143}}

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The county was established on 10 April 1840 on the basis of Talysh Khanate. It was initially made a part of the Caspian oblast on 1840, and later renamed Lenkoran uezd in 1845 and made part of the Shamakhi Governorate in 1846.{{cite book| author = Исмаилов Э.Э. | title = Генеология Талышинских-Талышхановых |location= Баку |date = 2001 | pages = 10| isbn = 5-87459-246-6}} Due to an earthquake in Shamakhi in 1859, the centre of the Shamakhi Governorate was moved from Shamakhi to Baku and the governorate was renamed Baku Governorate.{{cite web |url=http://files.preslib.az/projects/azerbaijan/eng/gl2.pdf |title=Administrative Territorial Division |website=preslib.az |page=9}}

In 1918, after the collapse of the Russian Empire, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic gained brief independence. Bolshevik Baku Commune was controlling Baku at the time, and they were trying to spread their control over other places in Azerbaijan, such as Lenkoran uezd. This led to the creation of the Mughan Soviet Republic in the territories of the Lenkoran uezd on 25 April 1919, but the republic was short-lived and it collapsed 3 months later, on 27 July 1919. Subsequently, the county was integrated into Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.{{cite book|last1=Smele|first1=Jonathan D.|title=Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926|date=2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442252813|page=771}}

After the Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920, Azerbaijan was integrated into the Soviet Union and the county was abolished by Soviet authorities in 1929.

According to the "Code of statistical data on the population of the Transcaucasian region" from 1886, the population of the county was 109,340 people, of which 50,887 (46.5%) Talysh, 50,510 (46.2%) were Azerbaijanis, 7,634 were Russians and 273 (0.2%) were Armenians.Закавказский статистический комитет. Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказскаго края, извлеченных из посемейных списков 1886 г. / Главноначальствующий гражданскою частию на Кавказе. — Тифлис: Тип. И. Мартиросиянца, 1893, 1893. — С. 337. — 487 с.

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Lenkoran uezd had a population of 130,987 on {{OldStyleDate|28 January|1897|15 January}}, including 72,492 men and 58,495 women. The majority of the population indicated Tatar{{Caucasian Tatars}} to be their mother tongue, with significant Talysh and Russian speaking minorities.{{cite news | title=Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам Российской Империи кроме губерний Европейской России|publisher=Демоскоп| url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=334| language=ru}}

The significant share reduction of the Talysh population in comparison with the data of 1886 cannot be explained by natural demographic processes and is a consequence of the registration of Iranian-speaking Talysh as Azerbaijanis (“Caucasian Tatars”). After 1886, the Talysh did not move out and did not die out. It is clear that a significant part of the Talysh, based on their language, are ranked among the Azerbaijanis (“Caucasian Tatars”).Г.Ф.ЧУРСИН. ТАЛЫШИ. — Известия кавказского историко-археологического общества. ЭТНОГРАФИЧЕСКИЕ ЗАМЕТКИ.. — Тифлис, 1926. — С. 15-45.

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Lenkoran uezd had a population of 203,319 on {{OldStyleDate|14 January|1916|1 January}}, including 106,891 men and 96,428 women, 195,247 of whom were the permanent population, and 8,072 were temporary residents:{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1917 год|pp=178–181}}

In 1926, the population of the county rose to 208,479.{{cite web |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr_26_b.php?reg=72 |title=Population of Lankaran Uyezd |website=Demoskop Weekly }}

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• {{Cite Armenia and Imperial Decline}}
• {{Cite The Republic of Armenia Volume 1}}
• {{Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1913}}
• {{Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1917}}
• {{Cite Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus}}

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