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{{Infobox settlement
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Tiflis uezd
| area_total_km2 = 4,556.89
| subdivision_type = Country
| established_date = 1804
| native_name_lang = ru
| established_title = Established
| extinct_date = 1930
| extinct_title = Abolished
| image_map = Tiflis Uyezd of Tiflis Governorate.png
| image_map = Tiflis Uyezd of Tiflis Governorate.png
| image_shield = Coat of arms of Tiflis Governorate 1878.svg
| map_caption = Location in the Tiflis Governorate
| mapsize = 220px
| mapsize = 220px
| image_shield = Coat of arms of Tiflis Governorate 1878.svg
| name = Tiflis ''uezd''
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1804
| extinct_title = Abolished
| extinct_date = 1930
| native_name = Тифлисскій уѣздъ
| native_name = Тифлисскій уѣздъ
| native_name_lang = ru
| subdivision_type1 = [[List of viceroyalties of the Russian Empire|Viceroyalty]]
| subdivision_name = [[Russian Empire]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)|Caucasus]]
| area_total_km2 = 4,556.89
| population_as_of = 1916
| population_as_of = 1916
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rural = 33.47%
| population_total = 521,222
| population_total = 521,222
| population_urban = 66.53%
| population_density_km2 = auto
| settlement_type = [[Uezd]]
| seat = Tiflis<br>(present-day [[Tbilisi]])
| seat = Tiflis<br>(present-day [[Tbilisi]])
| seat_type = Capital
| settlement_type = ''[[Uezd]]''
| subdivision_name = [[Russian Empire]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)|Caucasus]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tiflis Governorate|Tiflis]]
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_type1 = [[List of viceroyalties of the Russian Empire|Viceroyalty]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of governorates of the Russian Empire|Governorate]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of governorates of the Russian Empire|Governorate]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tiflis Governorate|Tiflis]]
| map_caption = Location in the Tiflis Governorate
| population_urban = 66.53%
| population_rural = 33.47%
| seat_type = Capital
| total_type = Total
| total_type = Total
}}
}}
The '''Tiflis uezd'''{{efn|{{bulleted list|{{Lang-ru|Тифлисскій уѣ́здъ|translit=Tiflíssky uyézd|label=[[Russian alphabet#Letters eliminated in 1917–18|Russian]]}}|{{lang-ka|ტფილისის მაზრა|tr}}|{{lang-hy|Թիֆլիսի գավառ|translit=Tiflisi gavar}}}}}} was a county (''[[uezd]]'') of the [[Tiflis Governorate]] of the [[Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)|Caucasus Viceroyalty]] of the [[Russian Empire]], and then of [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]], with its administrative center in Tiflis (present-day [[Tbilisi]]).<ref name="bee">Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedia: [http://gatchina3000.ru/brockhaus-and-efron-encyclopedic-dictionary/101/101251.htm Tiflis Governorate] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary [[Kvemo Kartli]] region of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. The district bordered the [[Telavi uezd]] to the northeast, the [[Tionety uezd|Tionety]] and [[Dusheti uezd|Dusheti]] ''uezds'' to the north, the [[Gori uezd]] to the northwest, the [[Borchaly uezd]] to the west, the [[Kazakh uezd]] of the [[Elizavetpol Governorate]] to the south, and the [[Signakh uezd]] to the east.
The '''Tiflis ''uezd'''''{{efn|{{bulleted list|{{Lang-ru|Тифлисскій уѣ́здъ|translit=Tiflíssky uyézd|label=[[Russian alphabet#Letters eliminated in 1917–18|Russian]]}}|{{lang-ka|ტფილისის მაზრა|tr}}|{{lang-hy|Թիֆլիսի գավառ|translit=T̕iflisi gavaṙ|translit-std=iso}}}}}} was a county (''[[uezd]]'') of the [[Tiflis Governorate]] of the [[Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)|Caucasus Viceroyalty]] of the [[Russian Empire]], and then of [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]], with its administrative centre in Tiflis (present-day [[Tbilisi]]). The area of the ''uezd'' roughly corresponded to the contemporary [[Kvemo Kartli]] region of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. The district bordered the [[Telavi uezd]] to the northeast, the [[Tionety uezd|Tionety]] and [[Dusheti uezd|Dusheti]] ''uezds'' to the north, the [[Gori uezd]] to the northwest, the [[Borchaly uezd]] to the west, the [[Kazakh uezd]] of the [[Elizavetpol Governorate]] to the south, and the [[Signakh uezd]] to the east.


== History ==
== History ==
The Tiflis uezd as part of the [[Georgia Governorate]] was formed in 1801 as a result of the annexation of the [[Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti|Kingdom of Kartli-Kakhetian]] to the [[Russian Empire]]. In 1840, the district formed a part of the [[Georgia-Imeretia Governorate]], then after 1846 it was included in the Tiflis Governorate until its abolition by [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet authorities]]. In 1880, the [[Borchaly Uyezd|Borchaly uezd]] was detached from the Tiflis uezd to be administered separately.<ref name="bee" />
The Tiflis ''uezd'' as part of the [[Georgia Governorate]] was formed in 1801 as a result of the annexation of the [[Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti|Kingdom of Kartli-Kakhetian]] to the [[Russian Empire]]. In 1840, the district formed a part of the [[Georgia-Imeretia Governorate]], then after 1846 it was included in the Tiflis Governorate until its abolition by [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet authorities]]. In 1880, the [[Borchaly Uyezd|Borchaly uezd]] was detached from the Tiflis ''uezd'' to be administered separately.<ref name="bee">Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedia: [http://gatchina3000.ru/brockhaus-and-efron-encyclopedic-dictionary/101/101251.htm Tiflis Governorate] {{in lang|ru}}</ref>


Following the [[Russian Revolution]], the Tiflis uezd was incorporated into the short-lived [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]].<ref name=":03">{{Citation|last=Tsutsiev|first=Arthur|title=Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus|date=2014|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/884858065|pages=63|place=New Haven and London|isbn=978-0-300-15308-8|oclc=884858065|access-date=2021-12-25}}</ref>
Following the [[Russian Revolution]], the Tiflis ''uezd'' was incorporated into the short-lived [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]].{{sfn|Tsutsiev|2014}}


== Administrative divisions ==
== Administrative divisions ==
The subcounties (''[[uchastok]]s'') of the Tiflis uezd were as follows:<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.prlib.ru/item/417318 |title=Кавказский календарь на 1913 год |publisher=Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom |year=1913 |edition=68th |location= |publication-place=Tiflis |pages=164–175 |language=Russian |trans-title=Caucasian calendar for 1913 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419155400/https://www.prlib.ru/item/417318 |archive-date=19 April 2022}}</ref>
The subcounties (''[[uchastok]]s'') of the Tiflis ''uezd'' in 1913 were as follows:{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1913 год|pp=164–175}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
! rowspan="2" |Uchastok
!1912 population
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
!Area
! rowspan="2" |1912 population
! colspan="2" |Area
|-
!sq{{Nbsp}}vst
!sq{{Nbsp}}km
|-
|-
|Karayazskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Караязскій участокъ}})
|Karayazsky
|Караязскій участокъ
| align="right" |7,724
| align="right" |7,724
|{{Convert|1426.51|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}}
| align="right" |1426.51
| align="right" |1623.46
|-
|-
|Sartachalskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Сартачальскій участокъ}})
|Sartachalsky
|Сартачальскій участокъ
| align="right" |31,905
| align="right" |31,905
|{{Convert|1073.92|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}}
| align="right" |1073.92
| align="right" |1222.19
|-
|-
|Tiflisskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Тифлисскій участокъ}})
|Tiflissky
|Тифлисскій участокъ
| align="right" |33,313
| align="right" |33,313
|{{Convert|1503.65|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}}
| align="right" |1503.65
| align="right" |1711.25
|-
|-
|Prigorodny raion ({{Lang|ru|Пригородный раіонъ}})
|Prigorodny
|Пригородный раіонъ
| align="right" |12,168
| align="right" |12,168
| align="center" |–
| align="center" |–
| align="center" |–
|}
|}
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== Demographics ==
== Demographics ==


=== Russian Empire census (1897) ===
=== Russian Empire Census ===
According to the [[Russian Empire Census]] of 1897, the Tiflis uezd had a population of 234,632, including 137,849 men and 96,783 women. The plurality of the population indicated [[Georgian language|Georgian]] to be their mother tongue, with significant [[Armenian language|Armenian]], [[Russian language|Russian]], and Tatar (later known as [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]) speaking minorities.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=524 |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=www.demoscope.ru}}</ref>
According to the [[Russian Empire Census]], the Tiflis ''uezd'' had a population of 234,632 on {{OldStyleDate|28 January|1897|15 January}}, including 137,849 men and 96,783 women. The plurality of the population indicated [[Georgian language|Georgian]] to be their mother tongue, with significant [[Armenian language|Armenian]], [[Russian language|Russian]], and Tatar{{Caucasian Tatars}} speaking minorities.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=524 |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=www.demoscope.ru}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Linguistic composition of the Tiflis uezd in 1897<ref name=":0" />
|+Linguistic composition of the Tiflis ''uezd'' in 1897<ref name=":0" />
!Language
!Language
!Native speakers
!Native speakers
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| align="right" |22.07
| align="right" |22.07
|-
|-
|Tatar{{efn|name=Caucasian Tatars}}
|Tatar{{efn|Later known as [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]].}}
| align="right" |13,764
| align="right" |13,764
| align="right" |5.87
| align="right" |5.87
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| align="right" |0.58
| align="right" |0.58
|-
|-
|[[Imereti|Imeretian]]
|[[Imeretian language|Imeretian]]
| align="right" |1,005
| align="right" |1,005
| align="right" |0.43
| align="right" |0.43
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|}
|}


=== Caucasian Calendar (1917) ===
=== ''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' ===
According to the 1917 publication of the ''Caucasian Calendar'', the Tiflis uezd had 521,222 residents in 1916, including 283,326 men and 236,896 women, 339,668 of whom were the permanent population, and 181,554 were temporary residents:<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.prlib.ru/item/417322 |title=Кавказский календарь на 1917 год |publisher=Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom |year=1917 |edition=72nd |location= |publication-place=Tiflis |pages=206–213 |language=Russian |trans-title=Caucasian calendar for 1917 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104233151/https://www.prlib.ru/item/417322 |archive-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>
According to the 1917 publication of ''[[Kavkazskiy kalendar]]'', the Tiflis ''uezd'' had a population of 521,222 on {{OldStyleDate|14 January|1916|1 January}}, including 283,326 men and 236,896 women, 339,668 of whom were the permanent population, and 181,554 were temporary residents:{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1917 год|pp=206–213}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |Nationality
! rowspan="2" |Nationality
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| align="right" |25.64
| align="right" |25.64
|-
|-
|[[Russians]]
|[[Russians]]{{Efn|The ''Caucasian Calendar'' did not distinguish between [[Russians]], [[Ukrainians]], and [[Belarusians]].}}
| align="right" |91,997
| align="right" |91,997
| align="right" |26.53
| align="right" |26.53
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| align="right" |3.76
| align="right" |3.76
|-
|-
|[[Shia Muslims]]
|[[Shia Muslims]]{{Efn|Primarily Tatars.{{sfn|Hovannisian|1971|p=67}}}}
| align="right" |9,408
| align="right" |9,408
| align="right" |2.71
| align="right" |2.71
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| align="right" |2.11
| align="right" |2.11
|-
|-
|[[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslims]]
|[[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslims]]{{Efn|Primarily Turco-Tatars.{{sfn|Hovannisian|1971|p=67}}}}
| align="right" |6,273
| align="right" |6,273
| align="right" |1.81
| align="right" |1.81
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{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


== Bibliography ==
{{Subdivisions of the Russian Empire}}{{Georgia-geo-stub}} {{Armenia-geo-stub}}
{{Refbegin}}
*{{Cite Armenia and Imperial Decline}}
*{{Cite The Republic of Armenia Volume 1}}
*{{Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1913}}
*{{Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1917}}
*{{Cite Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus}}
{{Refend}}


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Latest revision as of 01:44, 22 July 2023

Tiflis uezd
Тифлисскій уѣздъ
Coat of arms of Tiflis uezd
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
LandRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
GovernorateTiflis
Established1804
Abolished1930
CapitalTiflis
(present-day Tbilisi)
Area
 • Total4,556.89 km2 (1,759.43 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total521,222
 • Density110/km2 (300/sq mi)
 • Urban
66.53%
 • Rural
33.47%

The Tiflis 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 Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi). The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Kvemo Kartli region of Georgia. The district bordered the Telavi uezd to the northeast, the Tionety and Dusheti uezds to the north, the Gori uezd to the northwest, the Borchaly uezd to the west, the Kazakh uezd of the Elizavetpol Governorate to the south, and the Signakh uezd to the east.

History

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The Tiflis uezd as part of the Georgia Governorate was formed in 1801 as a result of the annexation of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakhetian to the Russian Empire. In 1840, the district formed a part of the Georgia-Imeretia Governorate, then after 1846 it was included in the Tiflis Governorate until its abolition by Soviet authorities. In 1880, the Borchaly uezd was detached from the Tiflis uezd to be administered separately.[1]

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

Administrative divisions

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The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Tiflis uezd in 1913 were as follows:[3]

Name 1912 population Area
Karayazskiy uchastok (Караязскій участокъ) 7,724 1,426.51 square versts (1,623.46 km2; 626.82 sq mi)
Sartachalskiy uchastok (Сартачальскій участокъ) 31,905 1,073.92 square versts (1,222.19 km2; 471.89 sq mi)
Tiflisskiy uchastok (Тифлисскій участокъ) 33,313 1,503.65 square versts (1,711.25 km2; 660.72 sq mi)
Prigorodny raion (Пригородный раіонъ) 12,168 -

Demographics

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Russian Empire Census

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According to the Russian Empire Census, the Tiflis uezd had a population of 234,632 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 137,849 men and 96,783 women. The plurality of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian, Russian, and Tatar[b] speaking minorities.[6]

Linguistic composition of the Tiflis uezd in 1897[6]
Sprache Native speakers %
Georgian 80,293 34.22
Armenian 57,933 24.69
Russian 51,775 22.07
Tatar[b] 13,764 5.87
German 5,417 2.31
Polish 4,918 2.10
Greek 4,554 1.94
Ukrainian 3,450 1.47
Jewish 3,336 1.42
Persian 1,766 0.75
Ossetian 1,712 0.73
Assyrian 1,354 0.58
Imeretian 1,005 0.43
Lithuanian 828 0.35
French 342 0.15
Kurdish 220 0.09
Czech 191 0.08
Mingrelian 191 0.08
Romanian 175 0.07
Italian 150 0.06
Belarusian 148 0.06
Chuvash 141 0.06
Avar-Andean 124 0.05
Latvian 96 0.04
Turkish 71 0.03
Dargin 59 0.03
Chechen 52 0.02
Kazi-Kumukh 47 0.02
Kyurin 43 0.02
Kist 9 0.00
Other 468 0.20
TOTAL 234,632 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

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According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Tiflis uezd had a population of 521,222 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 283,326 men and 236,896 women, 339,668 of whom were the permanent population, and 181,554 were temporary residents:[7]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Armenians 149,294 43.05 26,044 14.93 175,338 33.64
Georgians 37,584 10.84 96,040 55.05 133,624 25.64
Russians 91,997 26.53 29,042 16.65 121,039 23.22
Other Europeans 11,883 3.43 9,075 5.20 20,958 4.02
Asiatic Christians 19,560 5.64 35 0.02 19,595 3.76
Shia Muslims[c] 9,408 2.71 8,186 4.69 17,594 3.38
Jews 10,712 3.09 306 0.18 11,018 2.11
Sunni Muslims[d] 6,273 1.81 3,842 2.20 10,115 1.94
Yazidis 4,697 1.35 0 0.00 4,697 0.90
North Caucasians 2,685 0.77 938 0.54 3,623 0.70
Kurds 2,279 0.66 948 0.54 3,227 0.62
Roma 394 0.11 0 0.00 394 0.08
TOTAL 346,766 100.00 174,456 100.00 521,222 100.00

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^
  2. ^ a b Before 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]
  3. ^ Primarily Tatars.[8]
  4. ^ Primarily Turco-Tatars.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedia: Tiflis Governorate (in Russian)
  2. ^ Tsutsiev 2014.
  3. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 164–175.
  4. ^ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  5. ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  6. ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  7. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 206–213.
  8. ^ a b Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

Bibliography

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