The Shorapani uezd[a] was a county (uezd) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Racha uezd to the north, the Kutaisi uezd to the west, and the Tiflis Governorate to the east. The area of the uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Imereti region of Georgia. The administrative center of the Shorapani uezd was Kvirila (present-day Zestaponi).[1]
Shorapani uezd
Шорапанскій уѣздъ | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in the Kutais Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Governorate | Kutaisi |
| Established | 1846 |
| Abolished | 1930 |
| Capital | Kvirila (present-day Zestaponi) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,980.98 km2 (1,150.96 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
| • Total | 189,428 |
| • Density | 64/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| • Rural | 100.00% |
History
editThe Shorapani uezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate on the territory of the historical region of Imereti during the time of the Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Shorapani uezd was incorporated into part of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.[1]
Administrative divisions
editThe subcounties (uchastoks) of the Shorapani uezd in 1913 were as follows:[2]
| Name | 1912 population |
|---|---|
| Belogorskiy uchastok (Белогорскій участокъ) | 19,810 |
| Kvirilskiy uchastok (Квирильскій участокъ) | 16,695 |
| Sachkherskiy uchastok (Сачхерскій участокъ) | 19,868 |
| Chiaturskiy uchastok (Чіатурскій участокъ) | 18,896 |
| Chiaturskiy promysl uchastok (Чіатурскій промыслъ участокъ) | 76 |
| Chkharskiy uchastok (Чхарскій участокъ) | 19,147 |
Demographics
editRussian Empire Census
editAccording to the Russian Empire Census, the Shorapani uezd had a population of 156,633 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 74,366 men and 56,826 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with significant Imeretian and Mingrelian speaking minorities.[3]
| Language | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Georgian | 106,876 | 68.23 |
| Imeretian | 44,658 | 28.51 |
| Mingrelian | 2,129 | 1.36 |
| Jewish | 678 | 0.43 |
| Ossetian | 618 | 0.39 |
| Greek | 553 | 0.35 |
| Armenian | 470 | 0.30 |
| Russian | 410 | 0.26 |
| Polish | 54 | 0.03 |
| Turkish | 35 | 0.02 |
| Tatar[b] | 28 | 0.02 |
| German | 27 | 0.02 |
| Persian | 16 | 0.01 |
| Avar-Andean | 10 | 0.01 |
| Ukrainian | 7 | 0.00 |
| Abkhaz | 6 | 0.00 |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 4 | 0.00 |
| Belarusian | 3 | 0.00 |
| Lithuanian | 2 | 0.00 |
| Svan | 2 | 0.00 |
| Other | 47 | 0.03 |
| TOTAL | 156,633 | 100.00 |
Kavkazskiy kalendar
editAccording to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Shorapani uezd had a population of 189,428 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 100,322 men and 89,106 women, 179,353 of whom were the permanent population, and 10,075 were temporary residents:[6]
| Ethnic group | Shorapani | |
|---|---|---|
| Georgians | 186,305 | 98.35 |
| Jews | 1,235 | 0.65 |
| Armenians | 900 | 0.48 |
| Russians | 544 | 0.29 |
| Other Europeans | 299 | 0.16 |
| Sunni Muslims[c] | 57 | 0.03 |
| North Caucasians | 31 | 0.02 |
| Asiatic Christians | 29 | 0.02 |
| Shia Muslims[d] | 28 | 0.01 |
| TOTAL | 189,428 | 100.00 |
Notes
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- ^ 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]
- ^ Primarily Tatars.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Tsutsiev 2014.
- ^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 160–167.
- ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
- ^ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
- ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
- ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 198–205.
- ^ a b Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.
Bibliography
edit- 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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