The Gori 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 center in Gori. The area of the county roughly corresponded to the contemporary Shida Kartli region of Georgia.

History

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

Administrative divisions

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

Name1912 population
Akhalkalakskiy uchastok (Ахалкалакскій участокъ)27,765
Borzhomskiy uchastok (Боржомскій участокъ)9,284
Gomskiy uchastok (Гомскій участокъ)19,868
Gorno-Osetinskiy uchastok (Горио-Осетинскій участокъ)23,933
Karelskiy uchastok (Карельскій участокъ)22,982
Kvemo-Chalskiy uchastok (Квемо-Чалскій участокъ)14,216
Medzhviskhevskiy uchastok (Меджвисхевскій участокъ)23,770
Suramskiy uchastok (Сурамскій участокъ)12,351
Tskhinvalskiy uchastok (Цхинвальскій участокъ)31,953

Demographics

1897 Russian census

According to the Russian Empire census, the Gori uezd had a population of 191,091 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 102,837 men and 88,254 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ossetian speaking minority.

Linguistic composition of the Gori uezd in 1897
LanguageNative speakers%
Georgian124,18064.98
Ossetian50,03626.18
Armenian7,6864.02
Russian5,2812.76
Greek9170.48
Jewish8740.46
Tatar4320.23
Imeretian3930.21
Ukrainian3350.18
Mingrelian2330.12
Polish2180.11
German1970.10
Assyrian640.03
Turkish380.02
Avar-Andean300.02
Czech200.01
Dargin190.01
Kyurin160.01
Persian150.01
Lithuanian140.01
Latvian130.01
Chechen120.01
Belarusian70.00
Romanian40.00
Italian20.00
Kurdish10.00
Other540.03
TOTAL191,091100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Gori uezd had a population of 241,016 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 124,658 men and 116,358 women, 226,436 of whom were the permanent population, and 14,580 were temporary residents:

NationalityUrbanRuralTOTAL
Number%Number%Number%
Georgians9,58051.91152,84668.68162,42667.39
North Caucasians00.0037,56716.8837,56715.59
Armenians7,27039.4025,55211.4832,82213.62
Jews1040.563,9981.804,1021.70
Russians1,3777.461,0300.462,4071.00
Asiatic Christians00.001,4500.651,4500.60
Shia Muslims220.121160.051380.06
Other Europeans650.3530.00680.03
Sunni Muslims360.2000.00360.01
TOTAL18,454100.00222,562100.00241,016100.00

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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