Akhaltsikhe uezd
Akhaltsikhe uezd
Ахалцихскій уѣздъ | |
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![]() Location in the Tiflis Governorate | |
Country | Russian Empire |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Governorate | Tiflis |
Established | 1840 |
Abolished | 1930 |
Capital | Akhaltsikh (present-day Akhaltsikhe) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,653.82 km2 (1,024.65 sq mi) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 96,947 |
• Density | 37/km2 (95/sq mi) |
• Urban | 26.27% |
• Rural | 73.73% |
The Akhaltsikhe uezd[a] was a county (uezd) of the Tiflis Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, and then of Democratic Republic of Georgia, with its administrative center in Akhaltsikh (present-day Akhaltsikhe).[1][2] The uezd bordered the Gori uezd and the Kutaisi Governorate to the north, the Akhalkalaki uezd to the east, the Ardahan Okrug of the Kars Oblast to the south, and the Batum Okrug of the Batum Oblast to the west. The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia.
History
The territory of the Akhaltsikhe uezd, entered into the Kutais Governorate of the Russian Empire following the Russo-Turkish War of 1828. By 1840, the Аkhaltsikhe uezd was formed as a civilian district of the Tiflis Governorate. In 1874, the Akhalkalaki uezd was detached from it as a separate county.[2]
Following the Russian Revolution, the Akhaltsikhe uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.[2]
Lord Curzon during the Paris Peace Conference assessed the ethnographic situation in the southwestern uezds of the Tiflis Governorate:[3][4]
On the grounds of nationality, therefore, these districts ought to belong to Armenia, but they command the heart of Georgia strategically, and on the whole it would seem equitable to assign them to Georgia, and give their Armenian inhabitants the option of emigration into the wide territories assigned to the Armenians towards the south-west.
Administrative divisions
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Akhaltsikhe uezd were as follows:[5]
Uchastok | Russian name | 1912 population | Area |
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Atskhursky | Ацхурскій участокъ | 19,433 | 859.55 square versts (978.22 km2; 377.69 sq mi) |
Kobliansky | Кобліанскій участокъ | 27,572 | 727.97 square versts (828.48 km2; 319.88 sq mi) |
Uravelsky | Уравельскій участокъ | 20,230 | 744.46 square versts (847.24 km2; 327.12 sq mi) |
Demographics
Russian Empire census (1897)
According to the Russian Empire Census of 1897, the Akhaltsikhe uezd had a population of 68,837, including 36,807 men and 32,030 women. The plurality of the population indicated Turkish to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian, Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani), and Georgian speaking minorities.[6]
Language | Native speakers | % |
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Turkish | 24,137 | 35.06 |
Armenian | 15,144 | 22.00 |
Tatar[b] | 12,370 | 17.97 |
Georgian | 12,211 | 17.74 |
Russian | 1,743 | 2.53 |
Kurdish | 1,396 | 2.03 |
Ukrainian | 490 | 0.71 |
Jewish | 446 | 0.65 |
Polish | 435 | 0.63 |
Greek | 149 | 0.22 |
German | 88 | 0.13 |
Lithuanian | 88 | 0.13 |
Chechen | 15 | 0.02 |
Ossetian | 14 | 0.02 |
Persian | 12 | 0.02 |
Romanian | 12 | 0.02 |
Assyrian | 10 | 0.01 |
Avar-Andean | 6 | 0.01 |
Belarusian | 5 | 0.01 |
Czech | 5 | 0.01 |
Kazi-Kumukh | 5 | 0.01 |
Latvian | 3 | 0.00 |
Chuvash | 2 | 0.00 |
French | 2 | 0.00 |
Imeretian | 2 | 0.00 |
Kyurin | 1 | 0.00 |
Talysh | 1 | 0.00 |
Other | 45 | 0.07 |
TOTAL | 68,837 | 100.00 |
Caucasian Calendar (1917)
According to the 1917 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the Akhaltsikhe uezd had 96,947 residents in 1916, including 51,549 men and 45,398 women, 93,847 of whom were the permanent population, and 3,100 were temporary residents:[7]
Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Georgians | 2,783 | 10.93 | 42,709 | 59.75 | 45,492 | 46.92 |
Armenians | 18,165 | 71.32 | 10,060 | 14.07 | 28,225 | 29.11 |
Sunni Muslims[c] | 30 | 0.12 | 16,680 | 23.34 | 16,710 | 17.24 |
Jews | 3,246 | 12.74 | 5 | 0.01 | 3,251 | 3.35 |
Kurds | 0 | 0.00 | 1,801 | 2.52 | 1,801 | 1.86 |
Russians[d] | 716 | 2.81 | 88 | 0.12 | 804 | 0.83 |
Roma | 457 | 1.79 | 14 | 0.02 | 471 | 0.49 |
Asiatic Christians | 0 | 0.00 | 89 | 0.12 | 89 | 0.09 |
Other Europeans | 53 | 0.21 | 28 | 0.04 | 81 | 0.08 |
North Caucasians | 16 | 0.06 | 3 | 0.00 | 19 | 0.02 |
Shia Muslims[e] | 4 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.00 |
TOTAL | 25,470 | 100.00 | 71,477 | 100.00 | 96,947 | 100.00 |
See also
Notes
- ^
- ^ Later known as Azerbaijani.
- ^ Primarily Turco-Tatars.[8]
- ^ The Caucasian Calendar did not distinguish between Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.
- ^ Primarily Tatars,[8] later known as Azerbaijanis.[9]
References
- ^ Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedia: Tiflis Governorate (in Russian)
- ^ a b c Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014), Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus, New Haven and London, p. 164, ISBN 978-0-300-15308-8, OCLC 884858065, retrieved 2021-12-25
- ^ Britain, Cab 27/37, E.C. 2525.
- ^ Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971–1996). The Republic of Armenia. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 267. ISBN 0-520-01805-2. OCLC 238471.
- ^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. pp. 164–175. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. pp. 206–213. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.
- ^ a b Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.
- ^ Bournoutian 2015, p. 35.
Bibliography
- Bournoutian, George (2015). "Demographic Changes in the Southwest Caucasus, 1604–1830: The Case of Historical Eastern Armenia". Forum of EthnoGeoPolitics. Amsterdam. 3 (2).
- Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-01805-2.
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