Racha uezd
Racha uezd
Рачинскій уѣздъ | |
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![]() Location in the Kutais Governorate | |
Country | Russian Empire |
Viceroyalty | Kutaisi |
Governorate | Caucasus |
Established | 1846 |
Abolished | 1930 |
Capital | Oni |
Area | |
• Total | 2,818.50 km2 (1,088.23 sq mi) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 88,162 |
• Density | 31/km2 (81/sq mi) |
• Rural | 100.00% |
The Racha uezd[a] was a county (uezd) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Terek Oblast to the north, the Lechkhumi uezd to the west, the Kutaisi and Shorapani uezds to the south, and the Gori uezd of the Tiflis Governorate to the east. The area of the uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region of Georgia. The administrative center of the Racha uezd was the town of Oni.[1]
History
The Racha uezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate on the territory of the historical region of Racha during the time of the Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Racha uezd was incorporated into the Democratic Republic of Georgia.[1]
Administrative divisions
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Racha uezd were:[2]
Uchastok | Russian name | 1912 population | Area |
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Ambrolauri | Амбролаурскій участокъ | 41,638 | 934.28 square versts (1,063.27 km2; 410.53 sq mi) |
Oni | Онскій участокъ | 45,374 | 1,542.30 square versts (1,755.23 km2; 677.70 sq mi) |
Demographics
Russian Empire census (1897)
According to the Russian Empire census of 1897, the Zugdidi uezd had a population of 114,869, including 58,043 men and 56,826 women. The majority of the population indicated Imeretian to be their mother tongue, with significant Georgian and Ossetian speaking minorities.[3]
Language | Native speakers | % |
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Imeretian | 44,652 | 73.90 |
Georgian | 11,260 | 18.64 |
Ossetian | 3,514 | 5.82 |
Jewish | 609 | 1.01 |
Armenian | 173 | 0.29 |
Mingrelian | 93 | 0.15 |
Russian | 50 | 0.08 |
Ukrainian | 14 | 0.02 |
Greek | 13 | 0.02 |
Avar-Andean | 7 | 0.01 |
Polish | 5 | 0.01 |
Svan | 5 | 0.01 |
Abkhaz | 2 | 0.00 |
German | 1 | 0.00 |
Romanian | 1 | 0.00 |
Other | 22 | 0.04 |
TOTAL | 60,421 | 100.00 |
Caucasian Calendar (1917)
According to the 1917 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the Racha uezd had 88,162 residents in 1916, including 44,741 men and 43,421 women, 88,074 of whom were the permanent population, and 88 were temporary residents:[4]
Nationality | Number | % |
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Georgians | 88,065 | 99.89 |
Armenians | 97 | 0.11 |
TOTAL | 88,162 | 100.00 |
Notes
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: 42°35′02″N 43°26′30″E / 42.58389°N 43.44167°E
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