Ozurgeti uezd
Ozurgeti uezd
Озургетскій уѣздъ | |
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Country | Russian Empire |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Governorate | Kutaisi |
Established | 1846 |
Abolished | 1930 |
Capital | Ozurgeti |
Area | |
• Total | 2,161.23 km2 (834.46 sq mi) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 115,339 |
• Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
• Urban | 9.71% |
• Rural | 90.29% |
The Ozurgeti uezd[a] was a county (uezd) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Senaki uezd to the north, the Kutaisi uezd to the east, the Akhaltsikhe uezd of the Tiflis Governorate to the southeast, the Batum Okrug of the Batum Oblast to the south, and the Black Sea to the west. The area of the Ozurgeti uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Guria region of Georgia. The uezd was eponymously named for its administrative center, Ozurgeti.[1]
History
The Ozurgeti uezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate during the time of the Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Ozurgeti uezd was incorporated into the Democratic Republic of Georgia.[1]
Administrative divisions
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Ozurgeti uezd were:[2]
Uchastok | Russian name | 1912 population | Area |
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Guria | Гуриантскій участокъ | 20,585 | 606.10 square versts (689.78 km2; 266.33 sq mi) |
Lanchkhuti | Ланчхутскій участокъ | 38,658 | 464.68 square versts (528.83 km2; 204.18 sq mi) |
Chokhatauri | Чохатаурскій участокъ | 37,603 | 828.26 square versts (942.61 km2; 363.94 sq mi) |
Demographics
Russian Empire census (1897)
According to the Russian Empire census of 1897, the Ozurgeti uezd had a population of 90,326, including 45,426 men and 44,900 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Greek speaking minority.[3]
Language | Native speakers | % |
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Georgian | 86,057 | 95.27 |
Greek | 3,009 | 3.33 |
Russian | 526 | 0.58 |
Mingrelian | 305 | 0.34 |
Turkish | 179 | 0.20 |
Svan | 44 | 0.05 |
Ukrainian | 41 | 0.05 |
Tatar[b] | 39 | 0.04 |
Armenian | 29 | 0.03 |
German | 22 | 0.02 |
Polish | 20 | 0.02 |
Abkhaz | 10 | 0.01 |
Imeretian | 8 | 0.01 |
Persian | 6 | 0.01 |
Avar-Andean | 5 | 0.01 |
Belarusian | 2 | 0.00 |
Jewish | 1 | 0.00 |
Kurdish | 1 | 0.00 |
Ossetian | 1 | 0.00 |
Other | 21 | 0.02 |
TOTAL | 90,326 | 100.00 |
Caucasian Calendar (1917)
According to the 1917 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the Ozurgeti uezd had 115,339 residents in 1916, including 61,071 men and 54,268 women, 111,987 of whom were the permanent population, and 3,352 were temporary residents:[4]
Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Georgians | 10,259 | 91.61 | 104,066 | 99.93 | 114,325 | 99.12 |
Russians[c] | 695 | 6.21 | 75 | 0.07 | 770 | 0.67 |
Other Europeans | 182 | 1.63 | 0 | 0.00 | 182 | 0.16 |
Armenians | 42 | 0.38 | 0 | 0.00 | 42 | 0.04 |
Jews | 20 | 0.18 | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | 0.02 |
TOTAL | 11,198 | 100.00 | 104,141 | 100.00 | 115,339 | 100.00 |
Notes
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- ^ Later known as Azerbaijani.
- ^ The Caucasian Calendar did not distinguish between Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.
References
- ^ a b Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088.
- ^ 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. 160–167. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
- ^ 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. 198–205. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.
Coordinates: 41°55′37″N 42°00′02″E / 41.92694°N 42.00056°E
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