Tionety uezd
Tionety uezd
Тіонетскій уѣздъ | |
|---|---|
 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 (pre-reform Russian: Тіоне́тскій уѣ́здъ, tr. Tionétsky uyézd; Georgian: თიანეთის მაზრა) 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 Tionety (present-day Tianeti).[1][2] 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.[2]
Administrative divisions
The uchastoks ("subcounties") of the Tionety uezd were:[3]
| Uchastok | Russian name | 1912 population | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sq vst | sq km | |||
| Pshavo-Khevsuretsky | Пшаво-Хевсуретскій участокъ | 13,967 | 1781.87 | 2027.88 |
| Tushino-Kakhetinsky | Тушино-Кахетинскій участокъ | 13,017 | 1601.16 | 1822.22 |
| Ertsoysky | Эрцойскій участокъ | 16,403 | 867.03 | 986.73 |
Demographics
Russian Empire census (1897)
According to the Russian Empire Census of 1897, the Tionety uezd had a population of 34,153, 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.[4]
| 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[a] | 3 | 0.01 |
| Belarusian | 1 | 0.00 |
| French | 1 | 0.00 |
| Jewish | 1 | 0.00 |
| Polish | 1 | 0.00 |
| TOTAL | 34,153 | 100.00 |
Caucasian Calendar (1917)
According to the 1917 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the Tionety uezd had 49,350 residents in 1916, including 24,402 men and 24,948 women, 48,666 of whom were the permanent population, and 684 were temporary residents:[5]
| Nationality | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
| Georgians | 47,515 | 96.28 |
| Armenians | 1,726 | 3.50 |
| Russians[b] | 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
- ^ Later known as Azerbaijani.
- ^ The Caucasian Calendar did not distinguish between Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.
References
- ^ Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedia: Tiflis Governorate (in Russian)
- ^ 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
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ^ 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.
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