Akhaltsikhe Uyezd

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Akhaltsikhe Uyezd
Ахалцихский уезд
Uezd
Coat of arms of Akhaltsikhe Uyezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
GovernorateTiflis
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
Established1840
Abolished1930
SeatAkhaltsikhe
UchastoksAtskhur, Koblian, and Uravel
Area
 • Total2,654 km2 (1,025 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total96,947
 • Density37/km2 (95/sq mi)

The Akhaltsikhe Uyezd (Russian: Ахалцихский уезд; Georgian: ახალციხის მაზრა; Armenian: Ախալցխայի գավառ) was an uezd (county) of the Tiflis Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, and then of Democratic Republic of Georgia, with its administrative center in Akhaltsikhe.[1][2] The uezd bordered the Gori Uyezd and the Kutais Governorate to the north, the Akhalkalaki Uyezd to the east, the Ardahan Okrug of the Kars Oblast to the south, and the Batum Okrug of the Batum Oblast to the west. The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia.

History[]

The territory of the Akhaltsikhe Uyezd, entered into the Kutais Governorate of the Russian Empire following the Russo-Turkish War of 1828. By 1840, the Аkhaltsikhe Uyezd was formed as a civilian district of the Tiflis Governorate. In 1874, the Akhalkalaki Uyezd was detached from it as a separate county.

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

Lord Curzon during the Paris Peace Conference assessed the ethnographic situation in the southwestern uezds of the Tiflis Governorate:[3][4]

Along the line marking the proposed northeastern boundary of Armenia, the counties of Akhalkalaki and Akhaltsikhe fell on the Georgian side, even though, it was stated, they were populated primarily by the Armenian descendants of refugees from Turkey: “On the grounds of nationality, therefore, these districts ought to belong to Armenia, but they command the heart of Georgia strategically, and on the whole it would seem equitable to assign them to Georgia, and give their Armenian inhabitants the option of emigration into the wide territories assigned to the Armenians towards the south-west.”

Administrative divisions[]

The uchastoks (sub-counties) of the Akhaltsikhe Uyezd were:[5]

  • Atskhur (Ацхурский участок)
  • Koblian (Коблианский участок)
  • Uravel (Уравельский участок)

Demographics[]

Caucasian Calendar of 1917[]

The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 96,947 residents in the Akhaltsikhe Uyezd, including 51,549 men and 45,398 women, 93,847 of whom were the permanent population, and 3,100 were temporary residents:[6]

Nationality Center Rural TOTAL
Georgians 2,783 42,709 45,492 46.9%
Armenians 18,165 10,060 28,225 29.1%
Turks 30 16,680 16,710 17.2%
Jews 3,246 5 3,251 3.4%
Kurds 0 1,801 1,801 1.9%
Russians 716 88 804 0.8%
Gypsies 457 14 471 0.5%
TOTAL 25,470 71,477 96,947 100.0%

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedia: Tiflis Governorate (in Russian)
  2. ^ Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014), Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus, New Haven and London, p. 164, ISBN 978-0-300-15308-8, OCLC 884858065, retrieved 2021-12-25
  3. ^ Britain, Cab 27/37, E.C. 2525.
  4. ^ Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971–1996). The Republic of Armenia. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 267. ISBN 0-520-01805-2. OCLC 238471.
  5. ^ Кавказский календарь .... на 1913 год (in Russian). Tbilisi. pp. 271–317.
  6. ^ Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). pp. 363–366.

Coordinates: 41°38′20″N 42°59′10″E / 41.63889°N 42.98611°E / 41.63889; 42.98611


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