Gori uezd

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Gori uezd
Горійскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms of Gori uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
GovernorateTiflis
Established1801
Abolished1930
CapitalGori
Area
 • Total6,836.98 km2 (2,639.77 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total241,016
 • Density35/km2 (91/sq mi)
 • Urban
7.66%
 • Rural
92.34%

The Gori 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 Gori.[1][2] The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Shida Kartli region of Georgia.

History

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

Administrative divisions

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

Uchastok Russian name 1912 population
Akhalkalaksky Ахалкалакскій участокъ 27,765
Borzhomsky (Borjomi) Боржомскій участокъ 9,284
Gomsky Гомскій участокъ 19,868
Gorno-Osetinsky Горио-Осетинскій участокъ 23,933
Karelsky Карельскій участокъ 22,982
Kvemo-Chalsky Квемо-Чалскій участокъ 14,216
Medzhviskhevsky Меджвисхевскій участокъ 23,770
Suramsky Сурамскій участокъ 12,351
Tskhinvalsky (Tskhinvali) Цхинвальскій участокъ 31,953

Demographics

Russian Empire census (1897)

According to the Russian Empire Census of 1897, the Gori uezd had a population of 191,091, including 102,837 men and 88,254 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ossetian speaking minority.[4]

Linguistic composition of the Gori uezd in 1897[4]
Language Native speakers %
Georgian 124,180 64.98
Ossetian 50,036 26.18
Armenian 7,686 4.02
Russian 5,281 2.76
Greek 917 0.48
Jewish 874 0.46
Tatar[b] 432 0.23
Imeretian 393 0.21
Ukrainian 335 0.18
Mingrelian 233 0.12
Polish 218 0.11
German 197 0.10
Assyrian 64 0.03
Turkish 38 0.02
Avar-Andean 30 0.02
Czech 20 0.01
Dargin 19 0.01
Kyurin 16 0.01
Persian 15 0.01
Lithuanian 14 0.01
Latvian 13 0.01
Chechen 12 0.01
Belarusian 7 0.00
Romanian 4 0.00
Italian 2 0.00
Kurdish 1 0.00
Other 54 0.03
TOTAL 191,091 100.00

Caucasian Calendar (1917)

According to the 1917 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the Gori uezd had 241,016 residents in 1916, including 124,658 men and 116,358 women, 226,436 of whom were the permanent population, and 14,580 were temporary residents:[5]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Georgians 9,580 51.91 152,846 68.68 162,426 67.39
North Caucasians 0 0.00 37,567 16.88 37,567 15.59
Armenians 7,270 39.40 25,552 11.48 32,822 13.62
Jews 104 0.56 3,998 1.80 4,102 1.70
Russians[c] 1,377 7.46 1,030 0.46 2,407 1.00
Asiatic Christians 0 0.00 1,450 0.65 1,450 0.60
Shia Muslims[d] 22 0.12 116 0.05 138 0.06
Other Europeans 65 0.35 3 0.00 68 0.03
Sunni Muslims[e] 36 0.20 0 0.00 36 0.01
TOTAL 18,454 100.00 222,562 100.00 241,016 100.00

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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Coordinates: 41°58′0″N 44°06′0″E / 41.96667°N 44.10000°E / 41.96667; 44.10000

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