This uyezd was created on 1796 - 1802. The
administrative centre of uyezd was small town
Zmiev. Since 1797 Zmiev got city rights and its own
coat of arms. The uyezd had two towns (Zmiev and
Chuguev) and consisted of 24
volosts. In January 1897, according to the
Russian Empire Census, the population of the uyezd was 231 491 people. In 1918 it became part of
Donets-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic. By the
Soviet administrative reform of 1923, uyezd was transformed into
Zmiiv Raion. == Sources ==