Dusheti Uyezd

The Dusheti Uyezd (Russian: Душетский уезд; Georgian: დუშეთის მაზრა) was an uezd (county) of the Tiflis Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, and then of Democratic Republic of Georgia, with its administrative center in Dusheti.[1][2] The area of the uyezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia.

Dusheti Uyezd
Душетский уезд
Uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
GovernorateTiflis
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
Established1802
Abolished1929
SeatDusheti
UchastoksBazalet, Kvishet, Ksan, and Mtskhet
Area
 • Total3,883 km2 (1,499 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total66,430
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)

History

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

Administrative divisions

The uchastoks (sub-counties) of the Dusheti Uyezd were:[3]

  • Bazalet (Базалетский участок)
  • Kvishet (Квишетский участок)
  • Ksan (Ксанский участок)
  • Mtskhet (Мцхетский участок)

Demographics

Caucasian Calendar of 1917

The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 66,430 residents in the Dusheti Uyezd, including 32,949 men and 33,481 women, 65,737 of whom were the permanent population, and 693 were temporary residents:[4]

Nationality Center Rural TOTAL
Georgians 1,165 56,430 57,595 86.7%
North Caucasians 5 4,614 4,619 7.0%
Armenians 998 2,673 3,671 5.5%
Russians 52 218 270 0.4%
Other Europeans 16 109 125 0.2%
TOTAL 2,237 64,193 66,430 100.0%

See also

References
  1. Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedia: Tiflis Governorate (in Russian)
  2. Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014), Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus, New Haven and London, p. 164, ISBN 978-0-300-15308-8, OCLC 884858065, retrieved 2021-12-25
  3. Кавказский календарь .... на 1913 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1913. pp. 271–317.
  4. Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1917. pp. 363–366.

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