The Telavi 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 Telavi. The area of the county corresponded to part of the contemporary Kakheti region of Georgia.

History

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

Administrative divisions

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

Name1912 populationArea
Kvarelskiy uchastok (Кварельскій участокъ)23,2011,336.08 square versts (1,520.54 km2; 587.08 mi2)
Tsinondalskiy uchastok (Цинондальскій участокъ)29,869826.83 square versts (940.98 km2; 363.32 mi2)

Demographics

1897 Russian census

According to the 1897 Russian Empire census, the Telavi uezd had a population of 66,767 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 35,895 men and 30,872 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Armenian speaking minority.

Linguistic composition of the Telavi uezd in 1897
LanguageNative speakers%
Georgian57,35785.91
Armenian4,7547.12
Tatar1,8732.81
Avar-Andean1,7522.62
Russian6941.04
Ossetian880.13
Imeretian740.11
German340.05
Jewish240.04
Ukrainian230.03
Kazi-Kumukh190.03
Persian170.03
Polish170.03
Dargin80.01
Greek70.01
Turkish50.01
French40.01
Assyrian20.00
Belarusian20.00
Chechen20.00
Kyurin10.00
Kist10.00
Latvian10.00
Lithuanian10.00
Other70.01
TOTAL66,767100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Telavi uezd had a population of 67,955 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 36,276 men and 31,679 women, 65,422 of whom were the permanent population, and 2,533 were temporary residents:

NationalityUrbanRuralTOTAL
Number%Number%Number%
Georgians2,75727.5054,22193.6056,97883.85
Armenians7,06870.501,4122.448,48012.48
North Caucasians80.081,3002.241,3081.92
Asiatic Christians00.008731.518731.28
Russians1351.351050.182400.35
Other Europeans220.22180.03400.06
Jews220.2200.00220.03
Sunni Muslims140.1400.00140.02
TOTAL10,026100.0057,929100.0067,955100.00

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.
  • Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). (PDF). Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088. (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2023.

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