Ozurgeti uezd

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Ozurgeti uezd
Озургетскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms of Ozurgeti uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Kutais Governorate
Location in the Kutais Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
GovernorateKutaisi
Established1846
Abolished1930
CapitalOzurgeti
Area
 • Total2,161.23 km2 (834.46 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total115,339
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
 • Urban
9.71%
 • Rural
90.29%

The Ozurgeti uezd[a] was a county (uezd) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Senaki uezd to the north, the Kutaisi uezd to the east, the Akhaltsikhe uezd of the Tiflis Governorate to the southeast, the Batum Okrug of the Batum Oblast to the south, and the Black Sea to the west. The area of the Ozurgeti uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Guria region of Georgia. The uezd was eponymously named for its administrative center, Ozurgeti.[1]

History

The Ozurgeti uezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate during the time of the Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Ozurgeti uezd was incorporated into the Democratic Republic of Georgia.[1]

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Ozurgeti uezd were:[2]

Uchastok Russian name 1912 population Area
Guria Гуриантскій участокъ 20,585 606.10 square versts (689.78 km2; 266.33 sq mi)
Lanchkhuti Ланчхутскій участокъ 38,658 464.68 square versts (528.83 km2; 204.18 sq mi)
Chokhatauri Чохатаурскій участокъ 37,603 828.26 square versts (942.61 km2; 363.94 sq mi)

Demographics

Russian Empire census (1897)

According to the Russian Empire census of 1897, the Ozurgeti uezd had a population of 90,326, including 45,426 men and 44,900 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Greek speaking minority.[3]

Linguistic composition of the Ozurgeti uezd in 1897[3]
Language Native speakers %
Georgian 86,057 95.27
Greek 3,009 3.33
Russian 526 0.58
Mingrelian 305 0.34
Turkish 179 0.20
Svan 44 0.05
Ukrainian 41 0.05
Tatar[b] 39 0.04
Armenian 29 0.03
German 22 0.02
Polish 20 0.02
Abkhaz 10 0.01
Imeretian 8 0.01
Persian 6 0.01
Avar-Andean 5 0.01
Belarusian 2 0.00
Jewish 1 0.00
Kurdish 1 0.00
Ossetian 1 0.00
Other 21 0.02
TOTAL 90,326 100.00

Caucasian Calendar (1917)

According to the 1917 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the Ozurgeti uezd had 115,339 residents in 1916, including 61,071 men and 54,268 women, 111,987 of whom were the permanent population, and 3,352 were temporary residents:[4]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Georgians 10,259 91.61 104,066 99.93 114,325 99.12
Russians[c] 695 6.21 75 0.07 770 0.67
Other Europeans 182 1.63 0 0.00 182 0.16
Armenians 42 0.38 0 0.00 42 0.04
Jews 20 0.18 0 0.00 20 0.02
TOTAL 11,198 100.00 104,141 100.00 115,339 100.00

Notes

  1. ^
  2. ^ Later known as Azerbaijani.
  3. ^ The Caucasian Calendar did not distinguish between Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.

References

  1. ^ a b 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 [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. pp. 160–167. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  4. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. pp. 198–205. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.
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