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:| Name | 1912 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.| Language | Native speakers | % |
| Georgian | 124,180 | 64.98 |
| Ossetian | 50,036 | 26.18 |
| Armenian | 7,686 | 4.02 |
| Russian | 5,281 | 2.76 |
| Greek | 917 | 0.48 |
| Jewish | 874 | 0.46 |
| Tatar | 432 | 0.23 |
| Imeretian | 393 | 0.21 |
| Ukrainian | 335 | 0.18 |
| Mingrelian | 233 | 0.12 |
| Polish | 218 | 0.11 |
| German | 197 | 0.10 |
| Assyrian | 64 | 0.03 |
| Turkish | 38 | 0.02 |
| Avar-Andean | 30 | 0.02 |
| Czech | 20 | 0.01 |
| Dargin | 19 | 0.01 |
| Kyurin | 16 | 0.01 |
| Persian | 15 | 0.01 |
| Lithuanian | 14 | 0.01 |
| Latvian | 13 | 0.01 |
| Chechen | 12 | 0.01 |
| Belarusian | 7 | 0.00 |
| Romanian | 4 | 0.00 |
| Italian | 2 | 0.00 |
| Kurdish | 1 | 0.00 |
| Other | 54 | 0.03 |
| TOTAL | 191,091 | 100.00 |