Gori uezd

The Gori uezd^[a] was a county (uezd) of the Tiflis Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, and then of Democratic Republic of Georgia, with its administrative center in Gori.^[1] The area of the county roughly corresponded to the contemporary Shida Kartli region of Georgia.

Gori uezd Горійскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
Country	Russian Empire
Viceroyalty	Caucasus
Governorate	Tiflis
Established	1801
Abolished	1930
Capital	Gori
Area
• Total	6,836.98 km2 (2,639.77 sq mi)
Population  (1916)
• Total	241,016
• Density	35/km2 (91/sq mi)
• Urban	7.66%
• Rural	92.34%

History

Following the Russian Revolution, the Gori uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.^[1]

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Gori uezd in 1913 were as follows:^[2]

Name	1912 population
Akhalkalakskiy uchastok (Ахалкалакскій участокъ)	27,765
Borzhomskiy uchastok (Боржомскій участокъ)	9,284
Gomskiy uchastok (Гомскій участокъ)	19,868
Gorno-Osetinskiy uchastok (Горио-Осетинскій участокъ)	23,933
Karelskiy uchastok (Карельскій участокъ)	22,982
Kvemo-Chalskiy uchastok (Квемо-Чалскій участокъ)	14,216
Medzhviskhevskiy uchastok (Меджвисхевскій участокъ)	23,770
Suramskiy uchastok (Сурамскій участокъ)	12,351
Tskhinvalskiy uchastok (Цхинвальскій участокъ)	31,953

Demographics

1897 Russian census

According to the Russian Empire census, the Gori uezd had a population of 191,091 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, 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.^[3]

Linguistic composition of the Gori uezd in 1897^[3]

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[b]	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

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Gori uezd had a population of 241,016 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 124,658 men and 116,358 women, 226,436 of whom were the permanent population, and 14,580 were temporary residents:^[6]

Nationality	Urban		Rural		TOTAL
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Georgians	9,580	51.91	152,846	68.68	162,426	67.39
North Caucasians	0	0.00	37,567	16.88	37,567	15.59
Armenians	7,270	39.40	25,552	11.48	32,822	13.62
Jews	104	0.56	3,998	1.80	4,102	1.70
Russians	1,377	7.46	1,030	0.46	2,407	1.00
Asiatic Christians	0	0.00	1,450	0.65	1,450	0.60
Shia Muslims[c]	22	0.12	116	0.05	138	0.06
Other Europeans	65	0.35	3	0.00	68	0.03
Sunni Muslims[d]	36	0.20	0	0.00	36	0.01
TOTAL	18,454	100.00	222,562	100.00	241,016	100.00

See also

• History of the administrative division of Russia

Notes

1. • Russian: Го́рійскій уѣ́здъ, romanized: Góriysky uyézd
   • Georgian: გორის მაზრა, romanized: goris mazra
2. Before 1918, Azerbaijanis were generally known as "Tatars". This term, employed by the Russians, referred to Turkic-speaking Muslims of the South Caucasus. After 1918, with the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and "especially during the Soviet era", the Tatar group identified itself as "Azerbaijani".^[4][5]
3. Primarily Tatars.^[7]
4. Primarily Turco-Tatars.^[7]