Tionety uezd
Tianeti Uyezd
Тіонетскій уѣздъ | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in the Tiflis Governorate | |
| Land | Russian Empire |
| Governorate | Tiflis |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Established | 1874 |
| Abolished | 1930 |
| Capital | Tionety (Tianeti) |
| Uchastoks | Pshavi-Khevsureti, Tushin-Kakheti, and Ertsoi |
| Area | |
| • Uezd | 4,836.83 km2 (1,867.51 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
| • Uezd | 49,350 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| • Rural | 100.00% |
The Tianeti Uyezd (pre-reform Russian: Тіонетскій уѣздъ; Georgian: თიანეთის მაზრა) was an uezd (county) of the Tiflis Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, and then of Democratic Republic of Georgia, with its administrative center in Tianeti.[1][2] The area of the uyezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia.
History
Following the Russian Revolution, the Tianeti Uyezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Administrative divisions
The uchastoks (sub-counties) of the Tianeti Uyezd were:[3]
- Pshavi-Khevsureti (Пшаво-Хевсуретский участок)
- Tushin-Kakheti (Тушино-Кахетинский участок)
- Ertsoi (Эрцойский участок)
Demographics
Caucasian Calendar of 1917
The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 49,350 residents in the Tianeti Uyezd, including 24,402 men and 24,948 women, 48,666 of whom were the permanent population, and 684 were temporary residents:[4]
| 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 European peoples | 2 | 0.00 |
| TOTAL | 49,350 | 100.00 |
See also
References
- ^ Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedia: Tiflis Governorate (in Russian)
- ^ 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
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Кавказский календарь .... на 1913 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1913. pp. 271–317.
- ^ Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1917. pp. 363–366.
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