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Telavi uezd
Телавскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms of Telavi uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
GovernorateTiflis
Established1801
Abolished1930
CapitalTelavi
Area
 • Total2,461.53 km2 (950.40 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total67,955
 • Density28/km2 (72/sq mi)
 • Urban
14.75%
 • Rural
85.25%

The Telavi 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 Telavi.[1][2] The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia.

History

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

Administrative divisions

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

Uchastok Russian name 1912 population Area
Kvarelsky Кварельскій участокъ 23,201 1,336.08 square versts (1,520.54 km2; 587.08 sq mi)
Tsinondalsky Цинондальскій участокъ 29,869 826.83 square versts (940.98 km2; 363.32 sq mi)

Demographics

Russian Empire census (1897)

According to the Russian Empire Census of 1897, the Telavi uezd had a population of 66,767, including 35,895 men and 30,872 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Armenian speaking minority.[4]

Linguistic composition of the Telavi uezd in 1897[4]
Language Native speakers %
Georgian 57,357 85.91
Armenian 4,754 7.12
Tatar[b] 1,873 2.81
Avar-Andean 1,752 2.62
Russian 694 1.04
Ossetian 88 0.13
Imeretian 74 0.11
German 34 0.05
Jewish 24 0.04
Ukrainian 23 0.03
Kazi-Kumukh 19 0.03
Persian 17 0.03
Polish 17 0.03
Dargin 8 0.01
Greek 7 0.01
Turkish 5 0.01
French 4 0.01
Assyrian 2 0.00
Belarusian 2 0.00
Chechen 2 0.00
Kyurin 1 0.00
Kist 1 0.00
Latvian 1 0.00
Lithuanian 1 0.00
Other 7 0.01
TOTAL 66,767 100.00

Caucasian Calendar (1917)

According to the 1917 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the Telavi uezd had 67,955 residents in 1916, including 36,276 men and 31,679 women, 65,422 of whom were the permanent population, and 2,533 were temporary residents:[5]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Georgians 2,757 27.50 54,221 93.60 56,978 83.85
Armenians 7,068 70.50 1,412 2.44 8,480 12.48
North Caucasians 8 0.08 1,300 2.24 1,308 1.92
Asiatic Christians 0 0.00 873 1.51 873 1.28
Russians[c] 135 1.35 105 0.18 240 0.35
Other Europeans 22 0.22 18 0.03 40 0.06
Jews 22 0.22 0 0.00 22 0.03
Sunni Muslims[d] 14 0.14 0 0.00 14 0.02
TOTAL 10,026 100.00 57,929 100.00 67,955 100.00

See also

Notes

  1. ^
  2. ^ Later known as Azerbaijani.
  3. ^ The Caucasian Calendar did not distinguish between Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.
  4. ^ Primarily 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. ^ Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

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Coordinates: 41°55′0″N 45°29′0″E / 41.91667°N 45.48333°E / 41.91667; 45.48333

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