Kutaisi uezd
The Kutaisi uezd[lower-alpha 1] was a county (uezd) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Akhaltsikhe uezd of the Tiflis Governorate to the south, the Ozurgeti and Senaki uezds to the west, the Lechkhumi and Racha uezds to the north, and the Shorapani uezd to the east. The area of the uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Imereti region of Georgia. The Kutaisi uezd was eponymously named for its administrative center, Kutais (present-day Kutaisi).[1]
Kutaisi uezd
Кутаисскій уѣздъ | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
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| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Governorate | Kutaisi |
| Established | 1846 |
| Abolished | 1928 |
| Capital | Kutais (present-day Kutaisi) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,324.65 km2 (897.55 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
| • Total | 291,969 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 19.92% |
| • Rural | 80.08% |
History
The Kutaisi uezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate on the territory of the historical region of Imereti during the time of the Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Kutaisi uezd was incorporated into the Democratic Republic of Georgia.[1]
Administrative divisions
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Kutaisi uezd in 1913 were:[2]
| Name | 1912 population | Area |
|---|---|---|
| Bagdadskiy uchastok (Багдадскій участокъ) | 52,770 | 1,255.75 square versts (1,429.12 km2; 551.79 sq mi) |
| Kutaisskiy uchastok (Кутаисскій участокъ) | 37,791 | 449.11 square versts (511.12 km2; 197.34 sq mi) |
| Samtredskiy uchastok (Самтредскій участокъ) | 49,629 | 354.96 square versts (403.97 km2; 155.97 sq mi) |
| Tkvibulskiy uchastok (Тквибульскій участокъ) | 34,123 | 544.74 square versts (619.95 km2; 239.36 sq mi) |
| Khonskiy uchastok (Хонскій участокъ) | 42,417 | 438.08 square versts (498.56 km2; 192.50 sq mi) |
Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kutaisi uezd had a population of 221,665 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 113,848 men and 107,817 women. The majority of the population indicated Imeretian to be their mother tongue, with significant Georgian and Russian speaking minorities:[3]
| Language | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Imeretian | 148,003 | 66.77 |
| Georgian | 60,278 | 27.19 |
| Russian | 4,085 | 1.84 |
| Jewish | 3,614 | 1.63 |
| Mingrelian | 1,738 | 0.78 |
| Armenian | 1,331 | 0.60 |
| Ukrainian | 642 | 0.29 |
| Polish | 531 | 0.24 |
| Greek | 351 | 0.16 |
| German | 161 | 0.07 |
| Lithuanian | 146 | 0.07 |
| Turkish | 109 | 0.05 |
| Tatar[lower-alpha 2] | 72 | 0.03 |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 59 | 0.03 |
| Ossetian | 48 | 0.02 |
| Svan | 45 | 0.02 |
| Persian | 42 | 0.02 |
| Abkhaz | 29 | 0.01 |
| Avar-Andean | 28 | 0.01 |
| Romanian | 13 | 0.01 |
| Belarusian | 9 | 0.00 |
| English | 5 | 0.00 |
| Estonian | 4 | 0.00 |
| Kurdish | 1 | 0.00 |
| Other | 321 | 0.14 |
| TOTAL | 221,665 | 100.00 |
Kavkazskiy kalendar
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Kutaisi uezd had a population of 291,969 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 156,683 men and 135,286 women, 273,021 of whom were the permanent population, and 18,948 were temporary residents:[6]
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Georgians | 33,843 | 58.20 | 230,862 | 98.74 | 264,705 | 90.66 |
| Jews | 10,479 | 18.02 | 2,204 | 0.94 | 12,683 | 4.34 |
| Russians | 10,975 | 18.87 | 648 | 0.28 | 11,623 | 3.98 |
| Armenians | 1,845 | 3.17 | 93 | 0.04 | 1,938 | 0.66 |
| Asiatic Christians | 681 | 1.17 | 0 | 0.00 | 681 | 0.23 |
| Other Europeans | 233 | 0.40 | 1 | 0.00 | 234 | 0.08 |
| Shia Muslims[lower-alpha 3] | 95 | 0.16 | 10 | 0.00 | 105 | 0.04 |
| TOTAL | 58,151 | 100.00 | 233,818 | 100.00 | 291,969 | 100.00 |
Notes
- Before 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]
- Primarily Tatars.[7]
References
- Tsutsiev 2014.
- Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 160–167.
- "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
- Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
- Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
- Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 198–205.
- Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.
Bibliography
- Bournoutian, George A. (2018). Armenia and Imperial Decline: The Yerevan Province, 1900–1914. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-06260-2. OCLC 1037283914.
- Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia: The First Year, 1918–1919. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520019843.
- Кавказский календарь на 1913 год [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.
- Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.
- Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus (PDF). Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2023.