The Gori uezd 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. The area of the county roughly corresponded to the contemporary Shida Kartli region of Georgia.
History Following the Russian Revolution, the Gori uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Administrative divisions The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Gori uezd in 1913 were as follows:
Name1912 populationAkhalkalakskiy uchastok ()27,765Borzhomskiy uchastok ()9,284Gomskiy uchastok ()19,868Gorno-Osetinskiy uchastok ()23,933Karelskiy uchastok ()22,982Kvemo-Chalskiy uchastok ()14,216Medzhviskhevskiy uchastok ()23,770Suramskiy uchastok ()12,351Tskhinvalskiy uchastok ()31,953
Demographics
1897 Russian census According to the Russian Empire census, the Gori uezd had a population of 191,091 on , 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. +Linguistic composition of the Gori uezd in 1897LanguageNative speakers%Georgian124,18064.98Ossetian50,03626.18Armenian7,6864.02Russian5,2812.76Greek9170.48Jewish8740.46Tatar4320.23Imeretian3930.21Ukrainian3350.18Mingrelian2330.12Polish2180.11German1970.10Assyrian640.03Turkish380.02Avar-Andean300.02Czech200.01Dargin190.01Kyurin160.01Persian150.01Lithuanian140.01Latvian130.01Chechen120.01Belarusian70.00Romanian40.00Italian20.00Kurdish10.00Other540.03TOTAL191,091100.00
Kavkazskiy kalendar According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Gori uezd had a population of 241,016 on , including 124,658 men and 116,358 women, 226,436 of whom were the permanent population, and 14,580 were temporary residents: NationalityUrbanRuralTOTALNumber%Number%Number%Georgians9,58051.91152,84668.68162,42667.39North Caucasians00.0037,56716.8837,56715.59Armenians7,27039.4025,55211.4832,82213.62Jews1040.563,9981.804,1021.70Russians1,3777.461,0300.462,4071.00Asiatic Christians00.001,4500.651,4500.60Shia Muslims220.121160.051380.06Other Europeans650.3530.00680.03Sunni Muslims360.2000.00360.01TOTAL18,454100.00222,562100.00241,016100.00
See also History of the administrative division of Russia
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