Kutaisi uezd


The Kutaisi uezd was a county of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Akhaltsikhe uezd of the Tiflis Governorate to the south, the Ozurgeti and Senaki uezds to the west, the Lechkhumi and Racha uezds to the north, and the Shorapani uezd to the east. The area of the uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Imereti region of Georgia. The Kutaisi uezd was eponymously named for its administrative center, Kutais.

History

The Kutaisi uezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate on the territory of the historical region of Imereti during the time of the Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Kutaisi uezd was incorporated into the Democratic Republic of Georgia.

Administrative divisions

The subcounties of the Kutaisi uezd in 1913 were:
Name1912 populationArea
Bagdadskiy uchastok 52,770
Kutaisskiy uchastok 37,791
Samtredskiy uchastok 49,629
Tkvibulskiy uchastok 34,123
Khonskiy uchastok 42,417

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kutaisi uezd had a population of 221,665 on, including 113,848 men and 107,817 women. The majority of the population indicated Imeretian to be their mother tongue, with significant Georgian and Russian speaking minorities:
LanguageNative speakers%
Imeretian148,00366.77
Georgian60,27827.19
Russian4,0851.84
Jewish3,6141.63
Mingrelian1,7380.78
Armenian1,3310.60
Ukrainian6420.29
Polish5310.24
Greek3510.16
German1610.07
Lithuanian1460.07
Turkish1090.05
Tatar720.03
Kazi-Kumukh590.03
Ossetian480.02
Svan450.02
Persian420.02
Abkhaz290.01
Avar-Andean280.01
Romanian130.01
Belarusian90.00
English50.00
Estonian40.00
Kurdish10.00
Other3210.14
TOTAL221,665100.00

''Kavkazskiy kalendar''

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Kutaisi uezd had a population of 291,969 on, including 156,683 men and 135,286 women, 273,021 of whom were the permanent population, and 18,948 were temporary residents: