Putivlsky Uyezd (Russian: Путивльский уе́зд; Ukrainian: Путивльський повіт, romanized: Putyvlskyi povit) was one of the subdivisions of the Kursk Governorate of the Russian Empire, and later of the Russian SFSR.
On 16 October 1925, amidst a series of minor territorial exchanges between the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR, and the Byelorussian SSR, the former area of Putivlsky Uyezd (excluding the former territory of Kurnets Volost [uk]) was transferred from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
[1] The western portion of the territory was incorporated into Konotop Okruha, and the eastern portion was incorporated into Hlukhiv Okruha.
[citation needed] At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Putivlsky Uyezd had a population of 164,133.
Of these, 52.5% spoke Ukrainian, 46.9% Russian, 0.4% Yiddish, 0.1% Polish and 0.1% Romani as their native language.