Tionety uezd
Тіонетскій уѣздъ
Coat of arms of Tionety uezd
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
GovernorateTiflis
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
Established1874
Abolished1930
CapitalTionety
(present-day Tianeti)
Area
  Total4,836.83 km2 (1,867.51 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
  Total49,350
  Density10/km2 (26/sq mi)
  Rural
100.00%

The Tionety uezd[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] 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. 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. 1 2 Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 164–175.
  3. 1 2 "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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