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.

Administrative divisions

The subcounties of the Dusheti uezd in 1913 were as follows:
Name1912 populationArea
Bazaletskiy uchastok 14,812
Kvishetskiy uchastok 22,882
Ksanskiy uchastok 14,732
Mtskhetskiy uchastok 15,930

Demographics

1897 Russian census

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.
LanguageNative speakers%
Georgian49,69073.38
Ossetian14,52321.45
Armenian1,6802.48
Russian9801.45
Tatar4050.60
Assyrian1210.18
Mingrelian540.08
Ukrainian530.08
Polish430.06
Jewish240.04
Avar-Andean170.03
Persian150.02
Imeretian140.02
German130.02
Kyurin100.01
Greek80.01
Dargin70.01
Lithuanian40.01
Kurdish30.00
Belarusian20.00
Chechen20.00
Kazi-Kumukh20.00
Romanian10.00
Chuvash10.00
Other470.07
TOTAL67,719100.00

''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: