Novobayazetsky Uyezd
The Novobayazetsky Uyezd was a county of the Erivan Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the governorate's Aleksandropolsky Uyezd to the north, the Echmiadzinsky and Erivansky Uyezds to the west, the Sharur-Daralagezsky Uyezd to the south, and the Kazakhsky, Yelizavetpolsky, and Dzhevanshirsky Uyezds of the Elisabethpol Governorate to the east. Centered on Lake Sevan, it included most of the Gegharkunik Province and northern parts of the Kotayk Province of present-day Armenia. Its administrative center was Novo-Bayazet.Demographics
According to the 1897 Russian Empire Census, the population of the district was 122,573, the majority of which were Armenians. Minorities included Tatars, East Slavs, and Kurds. The largest city in the district was Novo-Bayazet, which had a total population of 8,486, of which the overwhelming majority were Armenians.
