Gori uezd


The Gori uezd was a county of the Tiflis Governorate of the Caucasus [Viceroyalty |Caucasus Viceroyalty] of the Russian Empire, and then of Democratic [Republic of Georgia], with its administrative center in Gori. 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.

Administrative divisions

The subcounties of the Gori uezd in 1913 were as follows:
Name1912 population
Akhalkalakskiy uchastok 27,765
Borzhomskiy uchastok 9,284
Gomskiy uchastok 19,868
Gorno-Osetinskiy uchastok 23,933
Karelskiy uchastok 22,982
Kvemo-Chalskiy uchastok 14,216
Medzhviskhevskiy uchastok 23,770
Suramskiy uchastok 12,351
Tskhinvalskiy uchastok 31,953

Demographics

1897 Russian census

According to the Russian [Empire census], the Gori uezd had a population of 191,091 on, 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.
LanguageNative speakers%
Georgian124,18064.98
Ossetian50,03626.18
Armenian7,6864.02
Russian5,2812.76
Greek9170.48
Jewish8740.46
Tatar4320.23
Imeretian3930.21
Ukrainian3350.18
Mingrelian2330.12
Polish2180.11
German1970.10
Assyrian640.03
Turkish380.02
Avar-Andean300.02
Czech200.01
Dargin190.01
Kyurin160.01
Persian150.01
Lithuanian140.01
Latvian130.01
Chechen120.01
Belarusian70.00
Romanian40.00
Italian20.00
Kurdish10.00
Other540.03
TOTAL191,091100.00

''Kavkazskiy kalendar''

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Gori uezd had a population of 241,016 on, including 124,658 men and 116,358 women, 226,436 of whom were the permanent population, and 14,580 were temporary residents: