Lechkhumi uezd

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{{Infobox settlement

| area_total_km2 = 4,873.05

| established_date = 1867

| established_title = Established

| extinct_date = 1930

| extinct_title = Abolished

| image_map = Lechkhumi Uyezd of Kutaisi Governorate (1905-1917).png

| image_shield = Coat of arms of Kutais Governorate.svg

| map_caption = Location in the Kutais Governorate

| mapsize = 220px

| name = Lechkhumi uezd

| native_name = Лечхумскій уѣздъ

| native_name_lang = ru

| population_as_of = 1916

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_rural = 100.00%

| population_total = 61,914

| seat = Tsageri

| seat_type = Capital

| settlement_type = Uezd

| subdivision_name = Russian Empire

| subdivision_name1 = Caucasus

| subdivision_name2 = Kutaisi

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_type1 = Viceroyalty

| subdivision_type2 = Governorate

| total_type = Total

}}

The Lechkhumi uezd{{efn|{{bulleted list|{{Langx|ru|Лечху́мскій уѣ́здъ|translit=Lechkhúmsky uyézd|label=Russian}}|{{lang-ka|ლეჩხუმის მაზრა|tr}}}}}} was a county (uezd) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Terek and Kuban oblasts to the north, the Sukhumi Okrug to the west, the Zugdidi, Senaki, and Kutais uezds to the south and the Racha uezd to the east. The area of the uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of Georgia. The administrative center of the Lechkhumi uezd was the town of Tsageri.{{sfn|Tsutsiev|2014}}

History

The Lechkhumi uezd was formed in 1867 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate in the territory during the time of the Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Lechkhumi uezd was incorporated into the Democratic Republic of Georgia.{{sfn|Tsutsiev|2014}}

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Lechkhumi uezd in 1913 were as follows:{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1913 год|pp=160–167}}

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!Name

!1912 population

!Area

Alpanskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Алпанскій участокъ}})

| align="right" |22,791

|{{Convert|449.41|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}}

Svanetskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Сванетскій участокъ}})

| align="right" |12,184

|{{Convert|2383.37|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}}

Tsagerskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Цагерскій участокъ}})

| align="right" |23,264

|{{Convert|1449.10|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}}

Demographics

= Russian Empire Census =

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Lechkhumi uezd had a population of 47,779 on {{OldStyleDate|28 January|1897|15 January}}, including 23,522 men and 24,257 women. The majority of the population indicated Imeretian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Svan speaking minority.{{Cite web |title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=457 |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=www.demoscope.ru}}

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|+Linguistic composition of the Lechkhumi uezd in 1897

!Language

!Native speakers

!%

Imeretian

| align="right" |31,520

| align="right" |65.97

Svan

| align="right" |15,359

| align="right" |32.15

Jewish

| align="right" |441

| align="right" |0.92

Georgian

| align="right" |226

| align="right" |0.47

Armenian

| align="right" |91

| align="right" |0.19

Mingrelian

| align="right" |60

| align="right" |0.13

Russian

| align="right" |26

| align="right" |0.05

Ossetian

| align="right" |9

| align="right" |0.02

Kurdish

| align="right" |6

| align="right" |0.01

Avar-Andean

| align="right" |4

| align="right" |0.01

Tatar{{Caucasian Tatars}}

| align="right" |4

| align="right" |0.01

Ukrainian

| align="right" |2

| align="right" |0.00

Persian

| align="right" |2

| align="right" |0.00

Other

| align="right" |29

| align="right" |0.06

TOTAL

!47,779

!100.00

= ''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' =

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Lechkhumi uezd had a population of 61,914 on {{OldStyleDate|14 January|1916|1 January}}, including 32,691 men and 29,223 women, 60,945 of whom were the permanent population, and 969 were temporary residents:{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1917 год|pp=198–205}}

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!Nationality

!Number

!%

Georgians

| align="right" |60,407

| align="right" |97.57

Jews

| align="right" |1,372

| align="right" |2.22

Armenians

| align="right" |96

| align="right" |0.16

Other Europeans

| align="right" |25

| align="right" |0.04

Russians

| align="right" |14

| align="right" |0.02

TOTAL

!61,914

!100.00

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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