Imperiia: a spatial history of the Russian EmpireMain MenuAboutProjectsDashboardsData CatalogMapStoriesGalleriesGamesWho said history was boring?Teach Our ContentCiting the ProjectKelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5The Imperiia Project // Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Districts
12019-07-12T14:03:20-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f591plain2019-07-12T14:07:20-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5The districts (уезды) were tertiary administrative units. Each was nested within a secondary unit (guberniia, oblast', or irregular division).
The Piadyshev Atlas describes 583 districts, including 24 vladeniia and okruga in Georgia, 7 nachal'stva in the Don Cossack lands, 6 tsinuty in Bessarabia, and 5 ober-hauptmannshafften in Kurliand.