Signakh uezd

Uezd in Caucasus, Russian Empire
Signakh uezd
Сигнахскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms of Signakh uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
Location in the Tiflis Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
GovernorateTiflis
Established1801
Abolished1929
CapitalSignakh
(present-day Signagi)
Area
 • Total6,022.39 km2 (2,325.26 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total153,864
 • Density26/km2 (66/sq mi)
 • Urban
11.48%
 • Rural
88.52%

The Signakh 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 centre in Signakh (present-day Signagi).[1] The area of the county roughly corresponded to the contemporary Kakheti region of Georgia.

History

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

Administrative divisions

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

Name 1912 population Area
Bakurtsikhskiy uchastok (Бакурцихскій участокъ) 23,881 1,170.96 square versts (1,332.63 km2; 514.53 sq mi)
Kodalskiy uchastok (Кодальскій участокъ) 50,638 1,205.14 square versts (1,371.52 km2; 529.55 sq mi)
Nizhne-Machkhaanskiy uchastok (Нижне-Мачхаанскій участокъ) 53,588 733.29 square versts (834.53 km2; 322.21 sq mi)
Shirakskiy uchastok (Ширакскій участокъ) 6,222 2,182.40 square versts (2,483.71 km2; 958.96 sq mi)
Zaalazanskiy raion (Заалазанскій раіонъ) 12,645 –

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Signakh uezd had a population of 102,313 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 55,958 men and 46,355 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian and Tatar[b] speaking minorities.[5]

Linguistic composition of the Signakh uezd in 1897[5]
Language Native speakers %
Georgian 84,827 82.91
Armenian 6,392 6.25
Tatar[b] 5,272 5.15
Russian 4,413 4.31
Ukrainian 447 0.44
Avar-Andean 279 0.27
Lithuanian 187 0.18
Polish 126 0.12
Jewish 108 0.11
Belarusian 50 0.05
German 44 0.04
Imeretian 39 0.04
Ossetian 30 0.03
Czech 12 0.01
Persian 11 0.01
Kazi-Kumukh 10 0.01
Greek 8 0.01
Mingrelian 8 0.01
Latvian 6 0.01
Dargin 4 0.00
Italian 1 0.00
Kist 1 0.00
Kyurin 1 0.00
Other 37 0.04
TOTAL 102,313 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Signakh uezd had a population of 153,864 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 80,670 men and 73,194 women, 148,646 of whom were the permanent population, and 5,218 were temporary residents:[6]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Georgians 8,493 48.09 109,790 80.61 118,283 76.88
Armenians 8,970 50.79 6,038 4.43 15,008 9.75
Russians 179 1.01 11,500 8.44 11,679 7.59
Shia Muslims[c] 0 0.00 3,275 2.40 3,275 2.13
Asiatic Christians 0 0.00 3,201 2.35 3,201 2.08
Sunni Muslims[d] 0 0.00 1,862 1.37 1,862 1.21
Jews 7 0.04 324 0.24 331 0.22
North Caucasians 0 0.00 210 0.15 210 0.14
Other Europeans 13 0.07 2 0.00 15 0.01
TOTAL 17,662 100.00 136,202 100.00 153,864 100.00

See also

Notes

  1. ^
  2. ^ a b 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".[3][4]
  3. ^ Primarily Tatars.[7]
  4. ^ Primarily Turco-Tatars.[7]

References

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