Lechkhumi Uyezd

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Lechkhumi Uyezd
Лечхумский уезд
Uezd
Coat of arms of Lechkhumi Uyezd
Location in the Kutais Governorate
Location in the Kutais Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
GovernorateKutais
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
Established1867
Abolished1930
SeatTsageri
UchastoksAlpansky, Svaneti, and Tsageri
Area
 • Total4,873 km2 (1,881 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total61,914
 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)

The Lechkhumi Uyezd (Russian: Лечхумский уезд; Georgian: ლეჩხუმის მაზრა) was a uezd (county) of the Kutais Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Terek and Kuban oblasts to the north, the Sukhumi Okrug to the west, the Zugdidi, Senaki, and Kutais uyezds to the south and the Racha Uyezd to the east. The area of the uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of Georgia. The administrative center of the Lechkhumi Uyezd was the town of Tsageri.[1]

History[]

The Lechkhumi Uyezd was formed in 1867 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate on the territory during the time of the Russian Empire.

In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Lechkhumi Uyezd was incorporated into the Georgian Democratic Republic.[1]

Administrative divisions[]

The uchastoks (sub-counties) of the Lechkhumi Uyezd were:[2]

  • Alpansky (Алпанский участок)
  • Svaneti (Сванетский участок)
  • Tsageri (Цагерский участок)

Demographics[]

Russian Imperial Census of 1897[]

According to the 1897 Russian Empire Census, the population of the Lechkhumi Uyezd was 47,779, with 687 living in the administrative capital Tsageri. The linguistic composition of the county according to the 1897 census was the following:[3]

Linguistic group Lechkhumi
Imeretian 31,520 66.0%
Svan 15,359 32.2%
Russian 26 0.1%
TOTAL 47,779 100.0%

Caucasian Calendar of 1917[]

The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 61,914 residents in the Lechkhumi Uyezd, including 32,691 men and 29,223 women, 60,945 of whom were the permanent population, and 969 were temporary residents:[4]

Ethnic group Lechkhumi
Georgians 60,407 97.6%
Jews 1,372 2.2%
TOTAL 61,914 100.0%

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Кавказский календарь .... на 1913 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1913. pp. 271–317.
  3. ^ Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку. Кутаисский уезд
  4. ^ Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1917. pp. 349–378.
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