The Telavi uezd[a] was a county (uezd) of the Tiflis Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, and then of Democratic Republic of Georgia, with its administrative center in Telavi.[1] The area of the county roughly corresponded to the contemporary Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia.
Telavi uezd
Телавскій уѣздъ | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in the Tiflis Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Governorate | Tiflis |
| Established | 1801 |
| Abolished | 1930 |
| Capital | Telavi |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,461.53 km2 (950.40 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
• Total | 67,955 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (72/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 14.75% |
| • Rural | 85.25% |
History
editFollowing the Russian Revolution, the Telavi uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.[1]
Administrative divisions
editThe subcounties (uchastoks) of the Telavi uezd in 1913 were as follows:[2]
| Name | 1912 population | Area |
|---|---|---|
| Kvarelskiy uchastok (Кварельскій участокъ) | 23,201 | 1,336.08 square versts (1,520.54 km2; 587.08 sq mi) |
| Tsinondalskiy uchastok (Цинондальскій участокъ) | 29,869 | 826.83 square versts (940.98 km2; 363.32 sq mi) |
Demographics
editRussian Empire Census
editAccording to the Russian Empire Census, the Telavi uezd had a population of 66,767 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 35,895 men and 30,872 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Armenian speaking minority.[3]
| Language | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Georgian | 57,357 | 85.91 |
| Armenian | 4,754 | 7.12 |
| Tatar[b] | 1,873 | 2.81 |
| Avar-Andean | 1,752 | 2.62 |
| Russian | 694 | 1.04 |
| Ossetian | 88 | 0.13 |
| Imeretian | 74 | 0.11 |
| German | 34 | 0.05 |
| Jewish | 24 | 0.04 |
| Ukrainian | 23 | 0.03 |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 19 | 0.03 |
| Persian | 17 | 0.03 |
| Polish | 17 | 0.03 |
| Dargin | 8 | 0.01 |
| Greek | 7 | 0.01 |
| Turkish | 5 | 0.01 |
| French | 4 | 0.01 |
| Assyrian | 2 | 0.00 |
| Belarusian | 2 | 0.00 |
| Chechen | 2 | 0.00 |
| Kyurin | 1 | 0.00 |
| Kist | 1 | 0.00 |
| Latvian | 1 | 0.00 |
| Lithuanian | 1 | 0.00 |
| Other | 7 | 0.01 |
| TOTAL | 66,767 | 100.00 |
Kavkazskiy kalendar
editAccording to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Telavi uezd had a population of 67,955 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 36,276 men and 31,679 women, 65,422 of whom were the permanent population, and 2,533 were temporary residents:[6]
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Georgians | 2,757 | 27.50 | 54,221 | 93.60 | 56,978 | 83.85 |
| Armenians | 7,068 | 70.50 | 1,412 | 2.44 | 8,480 | 12.48 |
| North Caucasians | 8 | 0.08 | 1,300 | 2.24 | 1,308 | 1.92 |
| Asiatic Christians | 0 | 0.00 | 873 | 1.51 | 873 | 1.28 |
| Russians | 135 | 1.35 | 105 | 0.18 | 240 | 0.35 |
| Other Europeans | 22 | 0.22 | 18 | 0.03 | 40 | 0.06 |
| Jews | 22 | 0.22 | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | 0.03 |
| Sunni Muslims[c] | 14 | 0.14 | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | 0.02 |
| TOTAL | 10,026 | 100.00 | 57,929 | 100.00 | 67,955 | 100.00 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^
- ^ 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]
- ^ Primarily Turco-Tatars.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Tsutsiev 2014.
- ^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 164–175.
- ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ^ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
- ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
- ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 206–213.
- ^ Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.
Bibliography
edit- Bournoutian, George A. (2018). Armenia and Imperial Decline: The Yerevan Province, 1900–1914. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-06260-2. OCLC 1037283914.
- Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia: The First Year, 1918–1919. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520019843.
- Кавказский календарь на 1913 год [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.
- Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.
- Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus (PDF). Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2023.
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