Tionety uezd

Tionety uezd Тіонетскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
Land	Russian Empire
Governorate	Tiflis
Viceroyalty	Caucasus
Established	1874
Abolished	1930
Capital	Tionety (present-day Tianeti)
Area
• Total	4,836.83 km2 (1,867.51 sq mi)
Population  (1916)
• Total	49,350
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)
• Rural	100.00%

The Tionety uezd 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). 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.

Administrative divisions

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

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.

Linguistic composition of the Tionety uezd in 1897

Sprache	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	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:

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

• History of the administrative division of Russia

Bibliography

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