Nukhinsky Uyezd [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Nukhinsky Uyezd
Nukhinsky Uyezd (), sometimes called Shakinsky Uyezd, was one of the "uyezds" (administrative units) of Elisabethpol Governorate of the Russian Empire and then of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic with its center in Nukha from 1868 until its formal abolition in 1921 by Soviet authorities.
Geography.
Elisabethpol Governorate consisted of Yelizavetpolsky, Nukhinsky, Shushinsky, Zangezursky, Kazakhsky, Areshsky, Dzhebrailsky, and Dzhevanshirsky Uyezds. Nukha uyezd was located in the far northeastern part of Elisabethpol Governorate, bordering Dagestan Oblast on the north,
at the end of 1867. At that time, Shakinsky Uyezd was officially called "Nukhinsky Uyezd" in accordance the name of the administrative center. In 1873 a part of the territory of the Nukhinsky Uyezd was a separate Uyezd – it was called Eresh Uyezd, and the administrative center of the Aresh Uyezd was Agdash village ( Uchkovakh ).
Cotton-growing.
In 1887, the head of the Lodz Kontory, Ramendik came to Aghdash and he opened Cotton fields, set up 4 cotton-machine tools made in