Gori uezd
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{{Infobox settlement
| area_total_km2 = 6,836.98
| established_date = 1801
| established_title = Established
| extinct_date = 1930
| extinct_title = Abolished
| image_map = Gori Uyezd of Tiflis Governorate.png
| image_shield = Coat of arms of Tiflis Governorate 1878.svg
| map_caption = Location in the Tiflis Governorate
| mapsize = 220px
| name = Gori uezd
| native_name = Горійскій уѣздъ
| native_name_lang = ru
| population_as_of = 1916
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rural = 92.34%
| population_total = 241,016
| population_urban = 7.66%
| seat = Gori
| seat_type = Capital
| settlement_type = Uezd
| subdivision_name = Russian Empire
| subdivision_name1 = Caucasus
| subdivision_name2 = Tiflis
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_type1 = Viceroyalty
| subdivision_type2 = Governorate
| total_type = Total
}}
The Gori uezd{{efn|{{bulleted list|{{Langx|ru|Го́рійскій уѣ́здъ|translit=Góriysky uyézd|label=Russian}}|{{lang-ka|გორის მაზრა|tr}}}}}} 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 Gori.{{sfn|Tsutsiev|2014}} The area of the county roughly corresponded to the contemporary Shida Kartli region of Georgia.
History
Following the Russian Revolution, the Gori uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.{{sfn|Tsutsiev|2014}}
Administrative divisions
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Gori uezd in 1913 were as follows:{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1913 год|pp=164–175}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name !1912 population |
| Akhalkalakskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Ахалкалакскій участокъ}})
| align="right" |27,765 |
| Borzhomskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Боржомскій участокъ}})
| align="right" |9,284 |
| Gomskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Гомскій участокъ}})
| align="right" |19,868 |
| Gorno-Osetinskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Горио-Осетинскій участокъ}})
| align="right" |23,933 |
| Karelskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Карельскій участокъ}})
| align="right" |22,982 |
| Kvemo-Chalskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Квемо-Чалскій участокъ}})
| align="right" |14,216 |
| Medzhviskhevskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Меджвисхевскій участокъ}})
| align="right" |23,770 |
| Suramskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Сурамскій участокъ}})
| align="right" |12,351 |
| Tskhinvalskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Цхинвальскій участокъ}})
| align="right" |31,953 |
Demographics
= 1897 Russian census =
According to the Russian Empire census, the Gori uezd had a population of 191,091 on {{OldStyleDate|28 January|1897|15 January}}, including 102,837 men and 88,254 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ossetian speaking minority.{{Cite web |title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=536 |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=www.demoscope.ru}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Linguistic composition of the Gori uezd in 1897 !Language !Native speakers !% |
| Georgian
| align="right" |124,180 | align="right" |64.98 |
| Ossetian
| align="right" |50,036 | align="right" |26.18 |
| Armenian
| align="right" |7,686 | align="right" |4.02 |
| Russian
| align="right" |5,281 | align="right" |2.76 |
| Greek
| align="right" |917 | align="right" |0.48 |
| Jewish
| align="right" |874 | align="right" |0.46 |
| Tatar{{Caucasian Tatars}}
| align="right" |432 | align="right" |0.23 |
| Imeretian
| align="right" |393 | align="right" |0.21 |
| Ukrainian
| align="right" |335 | align="right" |0.18 |
| Mingrelian
| align="right" |233 | align="right" |0.12 |
| Polish
| align="right" |218 | align="right" |0.11 |
| German
| align="right" |197 | align="right" |0.10 |
| Assyrian
| align="right" |64 | align="right" |0.03 |
| Turkish
| align="right" |38 | align="right" |0.02 |
| Avar-Andean
| align="right" |30 | align="right" |0.02 |
| Czech
| align="right" |20 | align="right" |0.01 |
| Dargin
| align="right" |19 | align="right" |0.01 |
| Kyurin
| align="right" |16 | align="right" |0.01 |
| Persian
| align="right" |15 | align="right" |0.01 |
| Lithuanian
| align="right" |14 | align="right" |0.01 |
| Latvian
| align="right" |13 | align="right" |0.01 |
| Chechen
| align="right" |12 | align="right" |0.01 |
| Belarusian
| align="right" |7 | align="right" |0.00 |
| Romanian
| align="right" |4 | align="right" |0.00 |
| Italian
| align="right" |2 | align="right" |0.00 |
| Kurdish
| align="right" |1 | align="right" |0.00 |
| Other
| align="right" |54 | align="right" |0.03 |
| TOTAL
!191,091 !100.00 |
|---|
= ''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' =
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Gori uezd had a population of 241,016 on {{OldStyleDate|14 January|1916|1 January}}, including 124,658 men and 116,358 women, 226,436 of whom were the permanent population, and 14,580 were temporary residents:{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1917 год|pp=206–213}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |Nationality ! colspan="2" |Urban ! colspan="2" |Rural ! colspan="2" |TOTAL |
| Number
!% !Number !% !Number !% |
|---|
| Georgians
| align="right" |9,580 | align="right" |51.91 | align="right" |152,846 | align="right" |68.68 | align="right" |162,426 | align="right" |67.39 |
| North Caucasians
| align="right" |0 | align="right" |0.00 | align="right" |37,567 | align="right" |16.88 | align="right" |37,567 | align="right" |15.59 |
| Armenians
| align="right" |7,270 | align="right" |39.40 | align="right" |25,552 | align="right" |11.48 | align="right" |32,822 | align="right" |13.62 |
| Jews
| align="right" |104 | align="right" |0.56 | align="right" |3,998 | align="right" |1.80 | align="right" |4,102 | align="right" |1.70 |
| Russians
| align="right" |1,377 | align="right" |7.46 | align="right" |1,030 | align="right" |0.46 | align="right" |2,407 | align="right" |1.00 |
| Asiatic Christians
| align="right" |0 | align="right" |0.00 | align="right" |1,450 | align="right" |0.65 | align="right" |1,450 | align="right" |0.60 |
| Shia Muslims{{Efn|Primarily Tatars.{{sfn|Hovannisian|1971|p=67}}}}
| align="right" |22 | align="right" |0.12 | align="right" |116 | align="right" |0.05 | align="right" |138 | align="right" |0.06 |
| Other Europeans
| align="right" |65 | align="right" |0.35 | align="right" |3 | align="right" |0.00 | align="right" |68 | align="right" |0.03 |
| Sunni Muslims{{Efn|Primarily Turco-Tatars.{{sfn|Hovannisian|1971|p=67}}}}
| align="right" |36 | align="right" |0.20 | align="right" |0 | align="right" |0.00 | align="right" |36 | align="right" |0.01 |
| TOTAL
!18,454 !100.00 !222,562 !100.00 !241,016 !100.00 |
See also
Notes
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References
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Bibliography
{{Refbegin}}
- {{Cite Armenia and Imperial Decline}}
- {{Cite The Republic of Armenia Volume 1}}
- {{Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1913}}
- {{Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1917}}
- {{Cite Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus}}
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Category:Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)
Category:Uezds of Tiflis Governorate
Category:Modern history of Georgia (country)
Category:1880 establishments in the Russian Empire