Senaki uezd

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Senaki uezd
Сенакскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms of Senaki uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Kutais Governorate
Location in the Kutais Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
GovernorateKutaisi
Established1867
Abolished1930
CapitalSenaki
Area
 • Total2,127.27 km2 (821.34 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total159,678
 • Density75/km2 (190/sq mi)
 • Urban
11.73%
 • Rural
88.27%

The Senaki uezd[a] was a county (uezd) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Zugdidi uezd to the west, the Lechkhumi uezd to the north, the Kutaisi uezd to the east, and the Ozurgeti uezd to the south. The area of the uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of Georgia. The Senaki uezd was eponymously named for its administrative center, Senaki.[1]

History

The Senaki uezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate on the territory of the historical region of Samegrelo during the time of the Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Senaki uezd was incorporated into part of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.[1]

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Senaki uezd were:[2]

Uchastok Russian name 1912 population
Abasha Абашскій участокъ 20,740
Bandzinskiy Бандзинскій участокъ 15,246
Martvili Мартвильскій участокъ 20,218
Senaki Сенакскій участокъ 7,587

Demographics

Russian Empire census (1897)

According to the Russian Empire census of 1897, the Senaki uezd had a population of 115,785, including 58,585 men and 57,200 women. The majority of the population indicated Mingrelian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Georgian speaking minority.[3]

Language Native speakers %
Mingrelian 96,851 83.65
Georgian 14,338 12.38
Russian 1,395 1.20
Imeretian 895 0.77
Armenian 448 0.39
Jewish 448 0.39
Greek 401 0.35
Polish 175 0.15
Turkish 173 0.15
Ukrainian 124 0.11
English 85 0.07
Lithuanian 72 0.06
German 71 0.06
Tatar[b] 64 0.06
Svan 63 0.05
Abkhaz 24 0.02
Romanian 17 0.01
Kurdish 3 0.00
Ossetian 3 0.00
Persian 2 0.00
Avar-Andean 1 0.00
Belarusian 1 0.00
Estonian 1 0.00
Other 130 0.11
TOTAL 115,785 100.00

Caucasian Calendar (1917)

According to the 1917 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the Senaki uezd had 159,678 residents in 1916, including 86,448 men and 73,230 women, 149,112 of whom were the permanent population, and 10,566 were temporary residents:[4]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Georgians 12,441 66.42 139,303 98.83 151,744 95.03
Russians[c] 2,836 15.14 4 0.00 2,840 1.78
Jews 847 4.52 1,639 1.16 2,486 1.56
Armenians 1,529 8.16 0 0.00 1,529 0.96
Asiatic Christians 769 4.11 0 0.00 769 0.48
Other Europeans 239 1.28 0 0.00 239 0.15
Sunni Muslims[d] 70 0.37 0 0.00 70 0.04
North Caucasians 0 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00
TOTAL 18,731 100.00 140,947 100.00 159,678 100.00

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

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Coordinates: 42°16′8″N 42°4′45″E / 42.26889°N 42.07917°E / 42.26889; 42.07917

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