Tionety uezd

Tionety uezd
Тіонетскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms of Tionety uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
GovernorateTiflis
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
Established1874
Abolished1930
CapitalTionety
(present-day Tianeti)
Area
 • Total
4,836.83 km2 (1,867.51 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total
49,350
 • Density10/km2 (26/sq mi)
 • Rural
100.00%

The Tionety 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 centre in Tionety (present-day Tianeti).[1] The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia.

History

Following the Russian Revolution, the Tionety uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.[1]

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Tionety uezd in 1913 were as follows:[2]

Name 1912 population Area
Pshavo-Khevsuretskiy uchastok (Пшаво-Хевсуретскій участокъ) 13,967 1,781.87 square versts (2,027.88 km2; 782.97 sq mi)
Tushino-Kakhetinskiy uchastok (Тушино-Кахетинскій участокъ) 13,017 1,601.16 square versts (1,822.22 km2; 703.56 sq mi)
Ertsoyskiy uchastok (Эрцойскій участокъ) 16,403 867.03 square versts (986.73 km2; 380.98 sq mi)

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Tionety uezd had a population of 34,153 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 16,431 men and 17,722 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Chechen speaking minority.[3]

Linguistic composition of the Tionety uezd in 1897[3]
Language Native speakers %
Georgian 30,302 88.72
Chechen 2,113 6.19
Russian 637 1.87
Armenian 538 1.58
Kist 284 0.83
Ossetian 227 0.66
Persian 24 0.07
Turkish 10 0.03
Avar-Andean 6 0.02
Greek 5 0.01
Tatar[b] 3 0.01
Belarusian 1 0.00
French 1 0.00
Jewish 1 0.00
Polish 1 0.00
TOTAL 34,153 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Tionety uezd had a population of 49,350 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 24,402 men and 24,948 women, 48,666 of whom were the permanent population, and 684 were temporary residents:[6]

Nationality Number %
Georgians 47,515 96.28
Armenians 1,726 3.50
Russians 56 0.11
North Caucasians 39 0.08
Jews 12 0.02
Other Europeans 2 0.00
TOTAL 49,350 100.00

See also

Notes

  1. ^
  2. ^ Prior to 1918, Azerbaijanis were generally known as "Tatars". This term, employed by the Russians, referred to Turkic-speaking Muslims of the South Caucasus. After 1918 with the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and "especially during the Soviet era", the Tatar group identified itself as "Azerbaijani".[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 164–175.
  3. ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  4. ^ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  5. ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  6. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 206–213.

Bibliography

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