Senaki Uyezd

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

Senaki Uyezd
Сенакский уезд
Uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Kutais Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
GovernorateKutais
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
Established1867
Abolished1930
SeatSenaki
UchastoksAbasha, Nakalakevsky, Martvili, Senaki, and Nakalakev
Area
 • Total2,127 km2 (821 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total159,678
 • Density75/km2 (190/sq mi)

History

The Senaki Uyezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate on the territory of the historical region of Samegrelo during the time of the Russian Empire.

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

Administrative divisions

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

  • Abasha (Абашский участок)
  • Bandzinsky (Бандзинский участок)
  • Martvili (Мартвильский участок)
  • Senaki (Сенакский участок)
  • Nakalakevsky (Накалевский участок)

Demographics

Russian Imperial Census of 1897

According to the 1897 Russian Empire Census, the population of the Senaki Uyezd was 115,785, with 1,248 living in the administrative capital Senaki, and 7,346 in the city of Poti. The ethnic composition of the county according to the 1897 census was the following:[3]

Ethnic group Senaki
Georgian 14,338 12.4%
Mingrelian 96,851 83.7%
Russian 1,395 1.2%
Georgian-Jew 448 0.4%
Armenian 448 0.4%
Greek 401 0.4%
TOTAL 115,785 100.0%

Caucasian Calendar of 1917

The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 159,678 residents in the Senaki Uyezd, including 86,448 men and 73,230 women, 149,112 of whom were the permanent population, and 10,566 were temporary residents:[4]

Ethnic group Poti Rural TOTAL
Georgians 12,441 139,303 151,744 95.0%
Russians 2,836 4 2,840 1.8%
Jews 847 1,639 2,486 1.6%
Armenians 1,529 0 1,529 1.0%
Asiatic Christians 769 0 769 0.5%
Other Europeans 239 0 239 0.1%
TOTAL 18,731 140,947 159,678 100.0%

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. 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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