Dusheti uezd
Душетскій уѣздъ | |
---|---|
Country | Russian Empire |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Governorate | Tiflis |
Established | 1802 |
Abolished | 1929 |
Capital | Dushet (present-day Dusheti) |
Area | |
• Total | 3,882.84 km2 (1,499.17 sq mi) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 66,430 |
• Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
• Urban | 3.37% |
• Rural | 96.63% |
The Dusheti 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 Dushet (present-day Dusheti). [1] The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia.
Following the Russian Revolution, the Dusheti uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia. [1]
The subcounties ( uchastoks) of the Dusheti uezd in 1913 were as follows: [2]
Name | 1912 population | Area |
---|---|---|
Bazaletskiy uchastok (Базалетскій участокъ) | 14,812 | 579.02 square versts (658.96 km2; 254.43 sq mi) |
Kvishetskiy uchastok (Квишетскій участокъ) | 22,882 | 1,518.08 square versts (1,727.67 km2; 667.06 sq mi) |
Ksanskiy uchastok (Ксанскій участокъ) | 14,732 | 800.15 square versts (910.62 km2; 351.59 sq mi) |
Mtskhetskiy uchastok (Мцхетскій участокъ) | 15,930 | 514.55 square versts (585.59 km2; 226.10 sq mi) |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Dusheti uezd had a population of 67,719 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 35,848 men and 31,871 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ossetian speaking minority. [3]
Language | Native speakers | % |
---|---|---|
Georgian | 49,690 | 73.38 |
Ossetian | 14,523 | 21.45 |
Armenian | 1,680 | 2.48 |
Russian | 980 | 1.45 |
Tatar [b] | 405 | 0.60 |
Assyrian | 121 | 0.18 |
Mingrelian | 54 | 0.08 |
Ukrainian | 53 | 0.08 |
Polish | 43 | 0.06 |
Jewish | 24 | 0.04 |
Avar-Andean | 17 | 0.03 |
Persian | 15 | 0.02 |
Imeretian | 14 | 0.02 |
German | 13 | 0.02 |
Kyurin | 10 | 0.01 |
Greek | 8 | 0.01 |
Dargin | 7 | 0.01 |
Lithuanian | 4 | 0.01 |
Kurdish | 3 | 0.00 |
Belarusian | 2 | 0.00 |
Chechen | 2 | 0.00 |
Kazi-Kumukh | 2 | 0.00 |
Romanian | 1 | 0.00 |
Chuvash | 1 | 0.00 |
Other | 47 | 0.07 |
TOTAL | 67,719 | 100.00 |
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Dusheti uezd had a population of 66,430 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 32,949 men and 33,481 women, 65,737 of whom were the permanent population, and 693 were temporary residents: [6]
Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Georgians | 1,165 | 52.08 | 56,430 | 87.91 | 57,595 | 86.70 |
North Caucasians | 5 | 0.22 | 4,614 | 7.19 | 4,619 | 6.95 |
Armenians | 998 | 44.61 | 2,673 | 4.16 | 3,671 | 5.53 |
Russians | 52 | 2.32 | 218 | 0.34 | 270 | 0.41 |
Other Europeans | 16 | 0.72 | 109 | 0.17 | 125 | 0.19 |
Shia Muslims [c] | 0 | 0.00 | 61 | 0.10 | 61 | 0.09 |
Jews | 1 | 0.04 | 59 | 0.09 | 60 | 0.09 |
Sunni Muslims [d] | 0 | 0.00 | 29 | 0.05 | 29 | 0.04 |
TOTAL | 2,237 | 100.00 | 64,193 | 100.00 | 66,430 | 100.00 |
Dusheti uezd
Душетскій уѣздъ | |
---|---|
Country | Russian Empire |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Governorate | Tiflis |
Established | 1802 |
Abolished | 1929 |
Capital | Dushet (present-day Dusheti) |
Area | |
• Total | 3,882.84 km2 (1,499.17 sq mi) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 66,430 |
• Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
• Urban | 3.37% |
• Rural | 96.63% |
The Dusheti 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 Dushet (present-day Dusheti). [1] The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia.
Following the Russian Revolution, the Dusheti uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia. [1]
The subcounties ( uchastoks) of the Dusheti uezd in 1913 were as follows: [2]
Name | 1912 population | Area |
---|---|---|
Bazaletskiy uchastok (Базалетскій участокъ) | 14,812 | 579.02 square versts (658.96 km2; 254.43 sq mi) |
Kvishetskiy uchastok (Квишетскій участокъ) | 22,882 | 1,518.08 square versts (1,727.67 km2; 667.06 sq mi) |
Ksanskiy uchastok (Ксанскій участокъ) | 14,732 | 800.15 square versts (910.62 km2; 351.59 sq mi) |
Mtskhetskiy uchastok (Мцхетскій участокъ) | 15,930 | 514.55 square versts (585.59 km2; 226.10 sq mi) |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Dusheti uezd had a population of 67,719 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 35,848 men and 31,871 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ossetian speaking minority. [3]
Language | Native speakers | % |
---|---|---|
Georgian | 49,690 | 73.38 |
Ossetian | 14,523 | 21.45 |
Armenian | 1,680 | 2.48 |
Russian | 980 | 1.45 |
Tatar [b] | 405 | 0.60 |
Assyrian | 121 | 0.18 |
Mingrelian | 54 | 0.08 |
Ukrainian | 53 | 0.08 |
Polish | 43 | 0.06 |
Jewish | 24 | 0.04 |
Avar-Andean | 17 | 0.03 |
Persian | 15 | 0.02 |
Imeretian | 14 | 0.02 |
German | 13 | 0.02 |
Kyurin | 10 | 0.01 |
Greek | 8 | 0.01 |
Dargin | 7 | 0.01 |
Lithuanian | 4 | 0.01 |
Kurdish | 3 | 0.00 |
Belarusian | 2 | 0.00 |
Chechen | 2 | 0.00 |
Kazi-Kumukh | 2 | 0.00 |
Romanian | 1 | 0.00 |
Chuvash | 1 | 0.00 |
Other | 47 | 0.07 |
TOTAL | 67,719 | 100.00 |
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Dusheti uezd had a population of 66,430 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 32,949 men and 33,481 women, 65,737 of whom were the permanent population, and 693 were temporary residents: [6]
Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Georgians | 1,165 | 52.08 | 56,430 | 87.91 | 57,595 | 86.70 |
North Caucasians | 5 | 0.22 | 4,614 | 7.19 | 4,619 | 6.95 |
Armenians | 998 | 44.61 | 2,673 | 4.16 | 3,671 | 5.53 |
Russians | 52 | 2.32 | 218 | 0.34 | 270 | 0.41 |
Other Europeans | 16 | 0.72 | 109 | 0.17 | 125 | 0.19 |
Shia Muslims [c] | 0 | 0.00 | 61 | 0.10 | 61 | 0.09 |
Jews | 1 | 0.04 | 59 | 0.09 | 60 | 0.09 |
Sunni Muslims [d] | 0 | 0.00 | 29 | 0.05 | 29 | 0.04 |
TOTAL | 2,237 | 100.00 | 64,193 | 100.00 | 66,430 | 100.00 |