Zugdidi Uyezd

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Zugdidi Uyezd
Зугдидский уезд
Uezd
Coat of arms of Zugdidi Uyezd
Location in the Kutais Governorate
Location in the Kutais Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
GovernorateKutais
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
Established1867
Abolished1930
SeatZugdidi
UchastoksZugdidi, Redutkale, and Tsalenjikha
Area
 • Total2,670 km2 (1,030 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total127,978
 • Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)

The Zugdidi Uyezd (Russian: Зугдидский уезд; Georgian: ზუგდიდის მაზრა) was an uezd (county) of the Kutais Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Sukhumi Okrug to the north, the Lechkhumi Uyezd to the east, the Senaki Uyezd to the south, and the Black Sea to the west. The area of the Zugdidi Uyezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of Georgia. The uyezd was eponymously named for its administrative center, Zugdidi.[1]

History[]

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

In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Zugdidi Uyezd was incorporated into the Georgian Democratic Republic.

Administrative divisions[]

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

  • Zugdidi (Зугдидский участок)
  • Redutkale (Редут-Кальский участок)
  • Tsalenjikha (Цаленджихский участок)

Demographics[]

Russian Imperial Census of 1897[]

According to the 1897 Russian Empire Census, the population of the Zugdidi Uyezd was 114,869.

Caucasian Calendar of 1917[]

The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 127,978 residents in the Zugdidi Uyezd, including 65,001 men and 62,977 women, 127,805 of whom were the permanent population, and 173 were temporary residents:[3]

Ethnic group Zugdidi
Georgians 127,861 99.9%
Russians 94 0.1%
TOTAL 127,978 100.0%

References[]

  1. ^ 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. ^ Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1917. pp. 349–378.
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Coordinates: 42°30′38″N 41°51′22″E / 42.51056°N 41.85611°E / 42.51056; 41.85611

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