Tionety uezd


The Tionety 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 Tionety. The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia.

History

Following the Russian Revolution, the Tionety uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.

Administrative divisions

The subcounties of the Tionety uezd in 1913 were as follows:
Name1912 populationArea
Pshavo-Khevsuretskiy uchastok 13,967
Tushino-Kakhetinskiy uchastok 13,017
Ertsoyskiy uchastok 16,403

Demographics

1897 Russian census

According to the 1897 Russian Empire census, the Tionety uezd had a population of 34,153 on, including 16,431 men and 17,722 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Chechen speaking minority.
LanguageNative speakers%
Georgian30,30288.72
Chechen2,1136.19
Russian6371.87
Armenian5381.58
Kist2840.83
Ossetian2270.66
Persian240.07
Turkish100.03
Avar-Andean60.02
Greek50.01
Tatar30.01
Belarusian10.00
French10.00
Jewish10.00
Polish10.00
TOTAL34,153100.00

''Kavkazskiy kalendar''

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Tionety uezd had a population of 49,350 on, including 24,402 men and 24,948 women, 48,666 of whom were the permanent population, and 684 were temporary residents:
NationalityNumber%
Georgians47,51596.28
Armenians1,7263.50
Russians560.11
North Caucasians390.08
Jews120.02
Other Europeans20.00
TOTAL49,350100.00