Balakhna Uyezd was an administrative-territorial unit within Nizhny Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire and the RSFSR, existing with interruptions from the 16th century[2] until 1921. Balakhna.[1] According to historian P. V. Chechenkov, the first reliable mentions of Balakhna date to the first third of the 16th century, and Balakhna (Balakhon) Uyezd took shape in the 1540s: a census charter for the Uzola volost from the books of 1558/59 already directly assigns it to Balakhna Uyezd.[2]
Place in the governorate's administrative division
In the second half of the 18th century, under the new administrative division, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate comprised 11 uyezds, and Balakhna Uyezd was among them alongside Arzamas Uyezd, Vasilsursk, Gorbatov, Knyaginino, and others.
Historical mentions
Among the natives of the uyezd was Yemelyan Bashkirov, a peasant from the village of Kopnino, who founded one of the Volga Region. The uyezd also figures in documents concerning Sormovo (disambiguation): a report by the police captain of Balakhna Uyezd to the prosecutor of the Nizhny Novgorod district court described the course of Demonstration, which later became the basis for Maxim Gorky".
Abolition
The uyezd was abolished in 1921. On the territory corresponding to the former uyezd, Balakhna District was later formed.[1]
Links
Sources
- Wikipedia (ru) — Balakhna Uyezd (archive)
- opentextnn.ru — Chechenkov P.V. The Formation of Balakhna Uyezd in the 16th Century (archive)