The Dusheti uezd 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). The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia.

History

Following the Russian Revolution, the Dusheti uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Dusheti uezd in 1913 were as follows:

Name1912 populationArea
Bazaletskiy uchastok (Базалетскій участокъ)14,812579.02 square versts (658.96 km2; 254.43 mi2)
Kvishetskiy uchastok (Квишетскій участокъ)22,8821,518.08 square versts (1,727.67 km2; 667.06 mi2)
Ksanskiy uchastok (Ксанскій участокъ)14,732800.15 square versts (910.62 km2; 351.59 mi2)
Mtskhetskiy uchastok (Мцхетскій участокъ)15,930514.55 square versts (585.59 km2; 226.10 mi2)

Demographics

1897 Russian census

According to the 1897 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.

Linguistic composition of the Dusheti uezd in 1897
LanguageNative speakers%
Georgian49,69073.38
Ossetian14,52321.45
Armenian1,6802.48
Russian9801.45
Tatar4050.60
Assyrian1210.18
Mingrelian540.08
Ukrainian530.08
Polish430.06
Jewish240.04
Avar-Andean170.03
Persian150.02
Imeretian140.02
German130.02
Kyurin100.01
Greek80.01
Dargin70.01
Lithuanian40.01
Kurdish30.00
Belarusian20.00
Chechen20.00
Kazi-Kumukh20.00
Romanian10.00
Chuvash10.00
Other470.07
TOTAL67,719100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

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:

NationalityUrbanRuralTOTAL
Number%Number%Number%
Georgians1,16552.0856,43087.9157,59586.70
North Caucasians50.224,6147.194,6196.95
Armenians99844.612,6734.163,6715.53
Russians522.322180.342700.41
Other Europeans160.721090.171250.19
Shia Muslims00.00610.10610.09
Jews10.04590.09600.09
Sunni Muslims00.00290.05290.04
TOTAL2,237100.0064,193100.0066,430100.00

See also

Notes

Bibliography

  • Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). . Vol. 1: The First Year, 1918–1919. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520019843.
  • [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. from the original on 19 April 2022.
  • [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. from the original on 4 November 2021.
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