Signakh uezd
Signakh uezd
Сигнахскій уѣздъ | |
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![]() Location in the Tiflis Governorate | |
Country | Russian Empire |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Governorate | Tiflis |
Established | 1801 |
Abolished | 1929 |
Capital | Signakh (present-day Signagi) |
Area | |
• Total | 6,022.39 km2 (2,325.26 sq mi) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 153,864 |
• Density | 26/km2 (66/sq mi) |
• Urban | 11.48% |
• Rural | 88.52% |
The Signakh 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 Signakh (present-day Signagi).[1][2] The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Kakheti region of Georgia.
History
Following the Russian Revolution, the Signakh uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.[2]
Administrative divisions
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Signakh uezd were as follows:[3]
Uchastok | Russian name | 1912 population | Area |
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Bakurtsikhsky | Бакурцихскій участокъ | 23,881 | 1,170.96 square versts (1,332.63 km2; 514.53 sq mi) |
Kodalsky | Кодальскій участокъ | 50,638 | 1,205.14 square versts (1,371.52 km2; 529.55 sq mi) |
Nizhne-Machkhaansky | Нижне-Мачхаанскій участокъ | 53,588 | 733.29 square versts (834.53 km2; 322.21 sq mi) |
Shiraksky | Ширакскій участокъ | 6,222 | 2,182.40 square versts (2,483.71 km2; 958.96 sq mi) |
Zaalazansky | Заалазанскій раіонъ | 12,645 | – |
Demographics
Russian Empire census (1897)
According to the Russian Empire Census of 1897, the Signakh uezd had a population of 102,313, including 55,958 men and 46,355 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian and Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani) speaking minorities.[4]
Language | Native speakers | % |
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Georgian | 84,827 | 82.91 |
Armenian | 6,392 | 6.25 |
Tatar[b] | 5,272 | 5.15 |
Russian | 4,413 | 4.31 |
Ukrainian | 447 | 0.44 |
Avar-Andean | 279 | 0.27 |
Lithuanian | 187 | 0.18 |
Polish | 126 | 0.12 |
Jewish | 108 | 0.11 |
Belarusian | 50 | 0.05 |
German | 44 | 0.04 |
Imeretian | 39 | 0.04 |
Ossetian | 30 | 0.03 |
Czech | 12 | 0.01 |
Persian | 11 | 0.01 |
Kazi-Kumukh | 10 | 0.01 |
Greek | 8 | 0.01 |
Mingrelian | 8 | 0.01 |
Latvian | 6 | 0.01 |
Dargin | 4 | 0.00 |
Italian | 1 | 0.00 |
Kist | 1 | 0.00 |
Kyurin | 1 | 0.00 |
Other | 37 | 0.04 |
TOTAL | 102,313 | 100.00 |
Caucasian Calendar (1917)
According to the 1917 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the Signakh uezd had 153,864 residents in 1916, including 80,670 men and 73,194 women, 148,646 of whom were the permanent population, and 5,218 were temporary residents:[5]
Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Georgians | 8,493 | 48.09 | 109,790 | 80.61 | 118,283 | 76.88 |
Armenians | 8,970 | 50.79 | 6,038 | 4.43 | 15,008 | 9.75 |
Russians[c] | 179 | 1.01 | 11,500 | 8.44 | 11,679 | 7.59 |
Shia Muslims[d] | 0 | 0.00 | 3,275 | 2.40 | 3,275 | 2.13 |
Asiatic Christians | 0 | 0.00 | 3,201 | 2.35 | 3,201 | 2.08 |
Sunni Muslims[e] | 0 | 0.00 | 1,862 | 1.37 | 1,862 | 1.21 |
Jews | 7 | 0.04 | 324 | 0.24 | 331 | 0.22 |
North Caucasians | 0 | 0.00 | 210 | 0.15 | 210 | 0.14 |
Other Europeans | 13 | 0.07 | 2 | 0.00 | 15 | 0.01 |
TOTAL | 17,662 | 100.00 | 136,202 | 100.00 | 153,864 | 100.00 |
See also
Notes
- ^
- ^ Later known as Azerbaijani.
- ^ The Caucasian Calendar did not distinguish between Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.
- ^ Primarily Tatars,[6] later known as Azerbaijanis.[7]
- ^ Primarily Turco-Tatars.[6]
References
- ^ Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedia: Tiflis Governorate (in Russian)
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.
- ^ 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.
Coordinates: 41°37′07″N 45°55′18″E / 41.61861°N 45.92167°E
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