Starobelsk uyezd
Starobelsk "uyezd" was an "uyezd" (district) in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire. History. This "uyezd" was created in May 1797. The administrative centre of "uyezd" was the town of Starobelsk. The "uyezd" consisted of 42 "volosts", two towns and 528 villages, "slobodas" and other small settlements. It was the biggest "uyezd" in Kharkov Governorate. In January 1897, according to the Russian Empire Census, the population of the "uyezd" was 359,285. By the Soviet administrative reform of 1923, the "uyezd" was transformed into "Starobelsk okrug".