Ozurgeti uezd

The Ozurgeti uezd[lower-alpha 1] was a county (uezd) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Senaki uezd to the north, the Kutaisi uezd to the east, the Akhaltsikhe uezd of the Tiflis Governorate to the southeast, the Batum Okrug of the Batum Oblast to the south, and the Black Sea to the west. The area of the Ozurgeti uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Guria region of Georgia. The county was eponymously named for its administrative center, Ozurgeti.[1]

Ozurgeti uezd
Озургетскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms of Ozurgeti uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Kutais Governorate
Location in the Kutais Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
GovernorateKutaisi
Established1846
Abolished1930
CapitalOzurgeti
Area
 • Total2,161.23 km2 (834.46 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total115,339
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
 • Urban
9.71%
 • Rural
90.29%

History

The Ozurgeti uezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate during the time of the Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Ozurgeti uezd was incorporated into the Democratic Republic of Georgia.[1]

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Ozurgeti uezd in 1913 were as follows:[2]

Name 1912 population Area
Guriantskiy uchastok (Гуриантскій участокъ) 20,585 606.10 square versts (689.78 km2; 266.33 sq mi)
Lanchkhutskiy uchastok (Ланчхутскій участокъ) 38,658 464.68 square versts (528.83 km2; 204.18 sq mi)
Chokhataurskiy uchastok (Чохатаурскій участокъ) 37,603 828.26 square versts (942.61 km2; 363.94 sq mi)

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Ozurgeti uezd had a population of 90,326 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 45,426 men and 44,900 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Greek speaking minority.[3]

Linguistic composition of the Ozurgeti uezd in 1897[3]
Language Native speakers %
Georgian 86,057 95.27
Greek 3,009 3.33
Russian 526 0.58
Mingrelian 305 0.34
Turkish 179 0.20
Svan 44 0.05
Ukrainian 41 0.05
Tatar[lower-alpha 2] 39 0.04
Armenian 29 0.03
German 22 0.02
Polish 20 0.02
Abkhaz 10 0.01
Imeretian 8 0.01
Persian 6 0.01
Avar-Andean 5 0.01
Belarusian 2 0.00
Jewish 1 0.00
Kurdish 1 0.00
Ossetian 1 0.00
Other 21 0.02
TOTAL 90,326 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Ozurgeti uezd had a population of 115,339 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 61,071 men and 54,268 women, 111,987 of whom were the permanent population, and 3,352 were temporary residents:[6]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Georgians 10,259 91.61 104,066 99.93 114,325 99.12
Russians 695 6.21 75 0.07 770 0.67
Other Europeans 182 1.63 0 0.00 182 0.16
Armenians 42 0.38 0 0.00 42 0.04
Jews 20 0.18 0 0.00 20 0.02
TOTAL 11,198 100.00 104,141 100.00 115,339 100.00

Notes
  2. 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]

References
  1. Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 160–167.
  3. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  4. Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  5. Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  6. Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 198–205.

Bibliography

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