Senaki uezd
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{{Infobox settlement
| area_total_km2 = 2,127.27
| established_date = 1867
| established_title = Established
| extinct_date = 1930
| extinct_title = Abolished
| image_map = Senaki 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 = Senaki uezd
| native_name = Сенакскій уѣздъ
| native_name_lang = ru
| population_as_of = 1916
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rural = 88.27%
| population_total = 159,678
| population_urban = 11.73%
| seat = Senaki
| 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 Senaki uezd{{efn|{{bulleted list|{{Langx|ru|Сена́кскій уѣ́здъ|translit=Senáksky uyézd|label=Russian}}|{{lang-ka|სენაკის მაზრა|tr}}}}}} was a county (uezd) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Zugdidi uezd to the west, the Lechkhumi uezd to the north, the Kutaisi uezd to the east, and the Ozurgeti uezd to the south. The area of the uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of Georgia. The Senaki uezd was eponymously named for its administrative center, Senaki.{{sfn|Tsutsiev|2014}}
History
The Senaki uezd 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 uezd was incorporated into part of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.{{sfn|Tsutsiev|2014}}
Administrative divisions
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Senaki uezd in 1913 were as follows:{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1913 год|pp=160–167}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name !1912 population |
| Abashskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Абашскій участокъ}})
| align="right" |20,740 |
| Bandzinskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Бандзинскій участокъ}})
| align="right" |15,246 |
| Martvilskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Мартвильскій участокъ}})
| align="right" |20,218 |
| Senakskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Сенакскій участокъ}})
| align="right" |7,587 |
Demographics
= Russian Empire Census =
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Senaki uezd had a population of 115,785 on {{OldStyleDate|28 January|1897|15 January}}, including 58,585 men and 57,200 women. The majority of the population indicated Mingrelian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Georgian speaking minority.{{Cite web |title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=466 |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=www.demoscope.ru}}
| class="wikitable"
!Language !Native speakers !% |
| Mingrelian
| align="right" |96,851 | align="right" |83.65 |
| Georgian
| align="right" |14,338 | align="right" |12.38 |
| Russian
| align="right" |1,395 | align="right" |1.20 |
| Imeretian
| align="right" |895 | align="right" |0.77 |
| Armenian
| align="right" |448 | align="right" |0.39 |
| Jewish
| align="right" |448 | align="right" |0.39 |
| Greek
| align="right" |401 | align="right" |0.35 |
| Polish
| align="right" |175 | align="right" |0.15 |
| Turkish
| align="right" |173 | align="right" |0.15 |
| Ukrainian
| align="right" |124 | align="right" |0.11 |
| English
| align="right" |85 | align="right" |0.07 |
| Lithuanian
| align="right" |72 | align="right" |0.06 |
| German
| align="right" |71 | align="right" |0.06 |
| Tatar{{Caucasian Tatars}}
| align="right" |64 | align="right" |0.06 |
| Svan
| align="right" |63 | align="right" |0.05 |
| Abkhaz
| align="right" |24 | align="right" |0.02 |
| Romanian
| align="right" |17 | align="right" |0.01 |
| Kurdish
| align="right" |3 | align="right" |0.00 |
| Ossetian
| align="right" |3 | align="right" |0.00 |
| Persian
| align="right" |2 | align="right" |0.00 |
| Avar-Andean
| align="right" |1 | align="right" |0.00 |
| Belarusian
| align="right" |1 | align="right" |0.00 |
| Estonian
| align="right" |1 | align="right" |0.00 |
| Other
| align="right" |130 | align="right" |0.11 |
| TOTAL
!115,785 !100.00 |
|---|
= ''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' =
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Senaki uezd had a population of 159,678 on {{OldStyleDate|14 January|1916|1 January}}, including 86,448 men and 73,230 women, 149,112 of whom were the permanent population, and 10,566 were temporary residents:{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1917 год|pp=198–205}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |Nationality ! colspan="2" |Urban ! colspan="2" |Rural ! colspan="2" |TOTAL |
| Number
!% !Number !% !Number !% |
|---|
| Georgians
| align="right" |12,441 | align="right" |66.42 | align="right" |139,303 | align="right" |98.83 | align="right" |151,744 | align="right" |95.03 |
| Russians
| align="right" |2,836 | align="right" |15.14 | align="right" |4 | align="right" |0.00 | align="right" |2,840 | align="right" |1.78 |
| Jews
| align="right" |847 | align="right" |4.52 | align="right" |1,639 | align="right" |1.16 | align="right" |2,486 | align="right" |1.56 |
| Armenians
| align="right" |1,529 | align="right" |8.16 | align="right" |0 | align="right" |0.00 | align="right" |1,529 | align="right" |0.96 |
| Asiatic Christians
| align="right" |769 | align="right" |4.11 | align="right" |0 | align="right" |0.00 | align="right" |769 | align="right" |0.48 |
| Other Europeans
| align="right" |239 | align="right" |1.28 | align="right" |0 | align="right" |0.00 | align="right" |239 | align="right" |0.15 |
| Sunni Muslims{{Efn|Primarily Turco-Tatars.{{sfn|Hovannisian|1971|p=67}}}}
| align="right" |70 | align="right" |0.37 | align="right" |0 | align="right" |0.00 | align="right" |70 | align="right" |0.04 |
| North Caucasians
| align="right" |0 | align="right" |0.00 | align="right" |1 | align="right" |0.00 | align="right" |1 | align="right" |0.00 |
| TOTAL
!18,731 !100.00 !140,947 !100.00 !159,678 !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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