Signakh Uyezd
The Signakh Uyezd (Russian: Сигнахский уезд; Georgian: სიღნაღის მაზრა) 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 Signakh (Signagi).[1][2] The area of the uyezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Kakheti region of Georgia.
Signakh Uyezd
Сигнахский уезд | |
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Country | Russian Empire |
Governorate | Tiflis |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Established | 1801 |
Abolished | 1929 |
Seat | Signakh (Signagi) |
Uchastoks | Bakurtsikh, Zaalazan raion, Kodal, Lower Machkhaan, and Shirak |
Area | |
• Total | 6,022 km2 (2,325 sq mi) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 153,864 |
• Density | 26/km2 (66/sq mi) |
History
Following the Russian Revolution, the Signakh Uyezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Administrative divisions
The uchastoks (sub-counties) of the Signakh Uyezd were:[3]
- Bakurtsikh (Бакурцихский участок)
- Zaalazan raion (Заалазанский раион)
- Kodal (Кодальский участок)
- Lower Machkhaan (Нижне-Мачхаанский участок)
- Shirak (Ширакский участок)
Demographics
Caucasian Calendar of 1917
The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 153,864 residents in the Signakh Uyezd, including 80,670 men and 73,194 women, 148,646 of whom were the permanent population, and 5,218 were temporary residents:[4]
Nationality | Center | Rural | TOTAL | |
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Georgians | 8,493 | 109,790 | 118,283 | 76.9% |
Armenians | 8,970 | 6,038 | 15,008 | 9.8% |
Russians | 179 | 11,500 | 11,679 | 7.6% |
Azerbaijanis | 0 | 5,137 | 5,137 | 3.3% |
Greeks | 0 | 3,201 | 3,201 | 2.1% |
Jews | 7 | 324 | 331 | 0.2% |
North Caucasians | 0 | 210 | 210 | 0.1% |
TOTAL | 17,662 | 136,202 | 153,864 | 100.0% |
References
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedia: Tiflis Governorate (in Russian)
- 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
- Кавказский календарь .... на 1913 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1913. pp. 271–317.
- Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1917. pp. 363–366.