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Dusheti uezd
Душетскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms of Dusheti uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
GovernorateTiflis
Established1802
Abolished1929
CapitalDushet
(present-day Dusheti)
Area
 • Total3,882.84 km2 (1,499.17 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total66,430
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
 • Urban
3.37%
 • Rural
96.63%

The Dusheti 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 Dushet (present-day Dusheti).[1][2] The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia.

History

Following the Russian Revolution, the Dusheti uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.[2]

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Dusheti uezd were as follows:[3]

Uchastok Russian name 1912 population Area
Bazaletsky Базалетскій участокъ 14,812 579.02 square versts (658.96 km2; 254.43 sq mi)
Kvishetsky Квишетскій участокъ 22,882 1,518.08 square versts (1,727.67 km2; 667.06 sq mi)
Ksansky Ксанскій участокъ 14,732 800.15 square versts (910.62 km2; 351.59 sq mi)
Mtskhetsky Мцхетскій участокъ 15,930 514.55 square versts (585.59 km2; 226.10 sq mi)

Demographics

Russian Empire census (1897)

According to the Russian Empire Census of 1897, the Dusheti uezd had a population of 67,719, including 35,848 men and 31,871 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ossetian speaking minority.[4]

Linguistic composition of the Dusheti uezd in 1897[4]
Language Native speakers %
Georgian 49,690 73.38
Ossetian 14,523 21.45
Armenian 1,680 2.48
Russian 980 1.45
Tatar[b] 405 0.60
Assyrian 121 0.18
Mingrelian 54 0.08
Ukrainian 53 0.08
Polish 43 0.06
Jewish 24 0.04
Avar-Andean 17 0.03
Persian 15 0.02
Imeretian 14 0.02
German 13 0.02
Kyurin 10 0.01
Greek 8 0.01
Dargin 7 0.01
Lithuanian 4 0.01
Kurdish 3 0.00
Belarusian 2 0.00
Chechen 2 0.00
Kazi-Kumukh 2 0.00
Romanian 1 0.00
Chuvash 1 0.00
Other 47 0.07
TOTAL 67,719 100.00

Caucasian Calendar (1917)

According to the 1917 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the Dusheti uezd had 66,430 residents in 1916, including 32,949 men and 33,481 women, 65,737 of whom were the permanent population, and 693 were temporary residents:[5]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Georgians 1,165 52.08 56,430 87.91 57,595 86.70
North Caucasians 5 0.22 4,614 7.19 4,619 6.95
Armenians 998 44.61 2,673 4.16 3,671 5.53
Russians[c] 52 2.32 218 0.34 270 0.41
Other Europeans 16 0.72 109 0.17 125 0.19
Shia Muslims[d] 0 0.00 61 0.10 61 0.09
Jews 1 0.04 59 0.09 60 0.09
Sunni Muslims[e] 0 0.00 29 0.05 29 0.04
TOTAL 2,237 100.00 64,193 100.00 66,430 100.00

See also

Notes

  1. ^
  2. ^ Later known as Azerbaijani.
  3. ^ The Caucasian Calendar did not distinguish between Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.
  4. ^ Primarily Tatars,[6] later known as Azerbaijanis.[7]
  5. ^ Primarily Turco-Tatars.[6]

References

  1. ^ Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedia: Tiflis Governorate (in Russian)
  2. ^ a b 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
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.
  7. ^ 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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