Senaki uezd

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Senaki uezd
Сенакскій уѣздъ
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Location in the Kutais Governorate
Country Russian Empire
Viceroyalty Caucasus
Governorate Kutaisi
Established1867
Abolished1930
Capital Senaki
Area
  Total2,127.27 km2 (821.34 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
  Total159,678
  Density75/km2 (190/sq mi)
   Urban
11.73%
   Rural
88.27%

The Senaki uezd [a] was a county ( uezd ) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Zugdidi uezd to the west, the Lechkhumi uezd to the north, the Kutaisi uezd to the east, and the Ozurgeti uezd to the south. The area of the uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of Georgia. The Senaki uezd was eponymously named for its administrative center, Senaki. [1]

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History

The Senaki uezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate on the territory of the historical region of Samegrelo during the time of the Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Senaki uezd was incorporated into part of the Democratic Republic of Georgia. [1]

Administrative divisions

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

Name1912 population
Abashskiy uchastok (Абашскій участокъ)20,740
Bandzinskiy uchastok (Бандзинскій участокъ)15,246
Martvilskiy uchastok (Мартвильскій участокъ)20,218
Senakskiy uchastok (Сенакскій участокъ)7,587

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Senaki uezd had a population of 115,785 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 58,585 men and 57,200 women. The majority of the population indicated Mingrelian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Georgian speaking minority. [3]

LanguageNative speakers%
Mingrelian 96,85183.65
Georgian 14,33812.38
Russian 1,3951.20
Imeretian 8950.77
Armenian 4480.39
Jewish 4480.39
Greek 4010.35
Polish 1750.15
Turkish 1730.15
Ukrainian 1240.11
English 850.07
Lithuanian 720.06
German 710.06
Tatar [b] 640.06
Svan 630.05
Abkhaz 240.02
Romanian 170.01
Kurdish 30.00
Ossetian 30.00
Persian 20.00
Avar-Andean 10.00
Belarusian 10.00
Estonian 10.00
Other1300.11
TOTAL115,785100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar , the Senaki uezd had a population of 159,678 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 86,448 men and 73,230 women, 149,112 of whom were the permanent population, and 10,566 were temporary residents: [6]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number%Number%Number%
Georgians 12,44166.42139,30398.83151,74495.03
Russians 2,83615.1440.002,8401.78
Jews 8474.521,6391.162,4861.56
Armenians 1,5298.1600.001,5290.96
Asiatic Christians 7694.1100.007690.48
Other Europeans 2391.2800.002390.15
Sunni Muslims [c] 700.3700.00700.04
North Caucasians 00.0010.0010.00
TOTAL18,731100.00140,947100.00159,678100.00

Notes

  1. 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]
  2. Primarily Turco-Tatars. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 160–167.
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  4. Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  5. Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  6. Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 198–205.
  7. Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

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