Dusheti uezd
The Dusheti uezd was a county of the Tiflis Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, and then of Democratic Republic of Georgia, with its administrative centre in Dushet. The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia.History
Following the Russian Revolution, the Dusheti uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.The subcounties of the Dusheti uezd in 1913 were as follows:
| Name | 1912 population | Area |
| Bazaletskiy uchastok | 14,812 | |
| Kvishetskiy uchastok | 22,882 | |
| Ksanskiy uchastok | 14,732 | |
| Mtskhetskiy uchastok | 15,930 | |
Demographics
According to the 1897 Russian Empire census, the Dusheti uezd had a population of 67,719 on, including 35,848 men and 31,871 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ossetian speaking minority.
| Language | Native speakers | % |
| Georgian | 49,690 | 73.38 |
| Ossetian | 14,523 | 21.45 |
| Armenian | 1,680 | 2.48 |
| Russian | 980 | 1.45 |
| Tatar | 405 | 0.60 |
| Assyrian | 121 | 0.18 |
| Mingrelian | 54 | 0.08 |
| Ukrainian | 53 | 0.08 |
| Polish | 43 | 0.06 |
| Jewish | 24 | 0.04 |
| Avar-Andean | 17 | 0.03 |
| Persian | 15 | 0.02 |
| Imeretian | 14 | 0.02 |
| German | 13 | 0.02 |
| Kyurin | 10 | 0.01 |
| Greek | 8 | 0.01 |
| Dargin | 7 | 0.01 |
| Lithuanian | 4 | 0.01 |
| Kurdish | 3 | 0.00 |
| Belarusian | 2 | 0.00 |
| Chechen | 2 | 0.00 |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 2 | 0.00 |
| Romanian | 1 | 0.00 |
| Chuvash | 1 | 0.00 |
| Other | 47 | 0.07 |
| TOTAL | 67,719 | 100.00 |
''Kavkazskiy kalendar''
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Dusheti uezd had a population of 66,430 on, including 32,949 men and 33,481 women, 65,737 of whom were the permanent population, and 693 were temporary residents: