Kutais Uyezd
Kutais Uyezd
Кутаисский уезд | |
|---|---|
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 Location in the Kutais Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Governorate | Kutais |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Established | 1846 |
| Abolished | 1928 |
| Seat | Kutais |
| Uchastoks | Baghdati, Kutaisi, Samtredia, Tkibuli, and Khoni |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,325 km2 (898 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
| • Total | 291,969 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
The Kutais Uyezd (Russian: Кутаисский ��езд; Georgian: ქუთაისის გუბერნია) was a uezd (county) of the Kutais Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Akhaltsikhe Uyezd of the Tiflis Governorate to the south, the Ozurgeti and Senaki uyezds to the west, the Lechkhumi and Racha uyezds to the north, and the Shorapani Uyezd to the east. The area of the uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Imereti region of Georgia. The Kutais Uyezd was eponymously named for its administrative center, Kutais (Kutaisi).[1]
History[]
The Kutais Uyezd 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 Kutais Uyezd was incorporated into the Georgian Democratic Republic.[1]
Administrative divisions[]
The uchastoks (sub-counties) of the Kutais Uyezd were:[2]
- Baghdati (Багдадский участок)
- Kutaisi (Кутаисский участок)
- Samtredia (Самтредский участок)
- Tkibuli (Тквибульский участок)
- Khoni (Хонский участок)
Demographics[]
Russian Imperial Census of 1897[]
According to the 1897 Russian Empire Census, the population of the Kutais Uyezd was 221,665, with 32,476 living in the administrative capital Kutais. The linguistic composition of the county according to the 1897 census was the following:[3]
| Linguistic group | Kutais | |
|---|---|---|
| Imeretian | 148,003 | 66.8% |
| Georgian | 60,278 | 27.2% |
| Russian | 4,085 | 1.8% |
| TOTAL | 221,665 | 100.0% |
Caucasian Calendar of 1917[]
The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 291,969 residents in the Kutais Uyezd, including 156,683 men and 135,286 women, 273,021 of whom were the permanent population, and 18,948 were temporary residents:[4]
| Ethnic group | Center | Rural | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgians | 33,843 | 230,862 | 264,705 | 90.7% |
| Jews | 10,479 | 2,204 | 12,683 | 4.3% |
| Russians | 10,975 | 648 | 11,623 | 4.0% |
| Armenians | 1,845 | 93 | 1,938 | 0.7% |
| Asiatic Christians | 681 | 0 | 681 | 0.2% |
| Other Europeans | 233 | 1 | 234 | 0.1% |
| TOTAL | 58,151 | 233,818 | 291,969 | 100.0% |
References[]
- ^ a b Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088.
- ^ Кавказский календарь .... на 1913 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1913. pp. 271–317.
- ^ Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку. Кутаисский уезд
- ^ Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1917. pp. 349–378.
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