Telavi uezd

Telavi *uezd*

Телавскій уѣздъ
Telavi uezd Телавскій уѣздъ
Uezd
	Coat of arms
	Location in the Tiflis Governorate
Country	Russian Empire
Viceroyalty	Caucasus
Governorate	Tiflis
Established	1801
Abolished	1930
Capital	Telavi
Area
• Total	2,461.53 km2 (950.40 sq mi)
Population (1916)
• Total	67,955
• Density	28/km2 (72/sq mi)
• Urban	14.75%
• Rural	85.25%

The Telavi 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 Telavi.^[1] The area of the county corresponded to part of the contemporary Kakheti region of Georgia.

History

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

Administrative divisions

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

Name	1912 population	Area
Kvarelskiy uchastok (Кварельскій участокъ)	23,201	1,336.08 square versts (1,520.54 km²; 587.08 sq mi)
Tsinondalskiy uchastok (Цинондальскій участокъ)	29,869	826.83 square versts (940.98 km²; 363.32 sq mi)

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Telavi uezd had a population of 66,767 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 35,895 men and 30,872 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Armenian speaking minority.^[3]

Linguistic composition of the Telavi *uezd* in 1897^[3]
Language	Native speakers	%
Georgian	57,357	85.91
Armenian	4,754	7.12
Tatar^[b]	1,873	2.81
Avar-Andean	1,752	2.62
Russian	694	1.04
Ossetian	88	0.13
Imeretian	74	0.11
German	34	0.05
Jewish	24	0.04
Ukrainian	23	0.03
Kazi-Kumukh	19	0.03
Persian	17	0.03
Polish	17	0.03
Dargin	8	0.01
Greek	7	0.01
Turkish	5	0.01
French	4	0.01
Assyrian	2	0.00
Belarusian	2	0.00
Chechen	2	0.00
Kyurin	1	0.00
Kist	1	0.00
Latvian	1	0.00
Lithuanian	1	0.00
Other	7	0.01
TOTAL	66,767	100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Telavi uezd had a population of 67,955 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 36,276 men and 31,679 women, 65,422 of whom were the permanent population, and 2,533 were temporary residents:^[6]

Nationality	Urban		Rural		TOTAL
Nationality	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Georgians	2,757	27.50	54,221	93.60	56,978	83.85
Armenians	7,068	70.50	1,412	2.44	8,480	12.48
North Caucasians	8	0.08	1,300	2.24	1,308	1.92
Asiatic Christians	0	0.00	873	1.51	873	1.28
Russians	135	1.35	105	0.18	240	0.35
Other Europeans	22	0.22	18	0.03	40	0.06
Jews	22	0.22	0	0.00	22	0.03
Sunni Muslims^[c]	14	0.14	0	0.00	14	0.02
TOTAL	10,026	100.00	57,929	100.00	67,955	100.00

Notes

^
- Russian: Тела́вскій уѣ́здъ, romanized: Telávsky uyézd
- Georgian: თელავის მაზრა, romanized: telavis mazra
^ 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]
^ Primarily Turco-Tatars.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Tsutsiev 2014.
^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 164–175.
^ ^a ^b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
^ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 206–213.
^ Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

Bibliography

Bournoutian, George A. (2018). Armenia and Imperial Decline: The Yerevan Province, 1900–1914. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-06260-2. OCLC 1037283914.

Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia: The First Year, 1918–1919. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520019843.
Кавказский календарь на 1913 год [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.
Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.
Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus (PDF). Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2023.

This Georgia location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This Armenia location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

41°55′0″N 45°29′0″E / 41.91667°N 45.48333°E / 41.91667; 45.48333

[1] 
Russian: Тела́вскій уѣ́здъ, romanized: Telávsky uyézd
Georgian: თელავის მაზრა, romanized: telavis mazra

[2] Russian: Тела́вскій уѣ́здъ, romanized: Telávsky uyézd

[3] Georgian: თელავის მაზრა, romanized: telavis mazra

[Caucasian_Tatars-7] 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]

[10] Primarily Turco-Tatars.^[7]

[FOOTNOTETsutsiev2014-2] Tsutsiev 2014.

[FOOTNOTEКавказский_календарь_на_1913_год164–175-3] Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 164–175.

[:0-4] "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-30.

[FOOTNOTEBournoutian201835_(note_25)-5] Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).

[FOOTNOTETsutsiev201450-6] Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.

[FOOTNOTEКавказский_календарь_на_1917_год206–213-8] Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 206–213.

[FOOTNOTEHovannisian197167-9] Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

[a]

[1]

[2]

[3]

[b]

[6]

[c]

[4]

[5]

[7]