Tianeti Uyezd

The Tianeti Uyezd (Russian: Тионетский уезд; Georgian: თიანეთის 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 Tianeti.[1][2] The area of the uyezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia.

Tianeti Uyezd
Тионетский уезд
Uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
GovernorateTiflis
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
Established1874
Abolished1930
SeatTionety (Tianeti)
UchastoksPshavi-Khevsureti, Tushin-Kakheti, and Ertsoi
Area
 • Total4,837 km2 (1,868 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total49,350
 • Density10/km2 (26/sq mi)

History

Following the Russian Revolution, the Tianeti Uyezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.

Administrative divisions

The uchastoks (sub-counties) of the Tianeti Uyezd were:[3]

  • Pshavi-Khevsureti (Пшаво-Хевсуретский участок)
  • Tushin-Kakheti (Тушино-Кахетинский участок)
  • Ertsoi (Эрцойский участок)

Demographics

Caucasian Calendar of 1917

The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 49,350 residents in the Tianeti Uyezd, including 24,402 men and 24,948 women, 48,666 of whom were the permanent population, and 684 were temporary residents:[4]

Nationality Tianeti
Georgians 47,515 96.3%
Armenians 1,726 3.5%
Russians 56 0.1%
TOTAL 49,350 100.0%

See also

References
  1. Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedia: Tiflis Governorate (in Russian)
  2. 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
  3. Кавказский календарь .... на 1913 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1913. pp. 271–317.
  4. Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1917. pp. 363–366.

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