Bakhmut uezd (Russian: Бахмутский уезд, romanized: Bakhmutskiy uyezd, pre-1918: Бахмутскій уѣздъ; Ukrainian: Бахмутський повіт, romanized: Bakhmuts'kyi povit) was an administrative subdivision, or uezd, of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate in the Russian Empire. The city of Bakhmut served as its capital.

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Bakhmut uezd Бахмутскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Location in the Yekaterinoslav Governorate
Country	Russian Empire
Governorate	Yekaterinoslav
Established	1783
Abolished	1923
Capital	Bakhmut
Area
• Total	9,225.13 km2 (3,561.84 sq mi)
Population  (1897)
• Total	332,478
• Density	36/km2 (93/sq mi)

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At the time of the 1897 Russian Empire census, Bakhmut uezd had a population of 332,478 people. Language prevalence by percent of native speakers in the subdivision was: 58.2% Ukrainian, 31.2% Russian, 3.8% German, 2.8% Yiddish, 1.9% Moldovan or Romanian, 0.7% Belarusian, 0.6% Polish, 0.1% French, 0.1% Tatar, 0.1% English, 0.1% Armenian, and 0.1% Romani.^[1]