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The Dusheti 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 Dushet (present-day Dusheti).^[1] The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia.

History

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

Administrative divisions

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

Name	1912 population	Area
Bazaletskiy uchastok (Базалетскій участокъ)	14,812	579.02 square versts (658.96 km²; 254.43 sq mi)
Kvishetskiy uchastok (Квишетскій участокъ)	22,882	1,518.08 square versts (1,727.67 km²; 667.06 sq mi)
Ksanskiy uchastok (Ксанскій участокъ)	14,732	800.15 square versts (910.62 km²; 351.59 sq mi)
Mtskhetskiy uchastok (Мцхетскій участокъ)	15,930	514.55 square versts (585.59 km²; 226.10 sq mi)

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Dusheti uezd had a population of 67,719 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 35,848 men and 31,871 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ossetian speaking minority.^[3]

Linguistic composition of the Dusheti *uezd* in 1897^[3]
Language	Native speakers	%
Georgian	49,690	73.38
Ossetian	14,523	21.45
Armenian	1,680	2.48
Russian	980	1.45
Tatar^[b]	405	0.60
Assyrian	121	0.18
Mingrelian	54	0.08
Ukrainian	53	0.08
Polish	43	0.06
Jewish	24	0.04
Avar-Andean	17	0.03
Persian	15	0.02
Imeretian	14	0.02
German	13	0.02
Kyurin	10	0.01
Greek	8	0.01
Dargin	7	0.01
Lithuanian	4	0.01
Kurdish	3	0.00
Belarusian	2	0.00
Chechen	2	0.00
Kazi-Kumukh	2	0.00
Romanian	1	0.00
Chuvash	1	0.00
Other	47	0.07
TOTAL	67,719	100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Dusheti uezd had a population of 66,430 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 32,949 men and 33,481 women, 65,737 of whom were the permanent population, and 693 were temporary residents:^[6]

Nationality	Urban		Rural		TOTAL
Nationality	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Georgians	1,165	52.08	56,430	87.91	57,595	86.70
North Caucasians	5	0.22	4,614	7.19	4,619	6.95
Armenians	998	44.61	2,673	4.16	3,671	5.53
Russians	52	2.32	218	0.34	270	0.41
Other Europeans	16	0.72	109	0.17	125	0.19
Shia Muslims^[c]	0	0.00	61	0.10	61	0.09
Jews	1	0.04	59	0.09	60	0.09
Sunni Muslims^[d]	0	0.00	29	0.05	29	0.04
TOTAL	2,237	100.00	64,193	100.00	66,430	100.00

Notes

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- Russian: Душе́тскій уѣ́здъ, romanized: Dushétsky uyézd
- Georgian: დუშეთის მაზრა, romanized: dushetis mazra
^ 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 Tatars.^[7]
^ Primarily Turco-Tatars.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Tsutsiev 2014.
^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 164–175.
^ ^a ^b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
^ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 206–213.
^ ^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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[1] 
Russian: Душе́тскій уѣ́здъ, romanized: Dushétsky uyézd
Georgian: დუშეთის მაზრა, romanized: dushetis mazra

[2] Russian: Душе́тскій уѣ́здъ, romanized: Dushétsky uyézd

[3] Georgian: დუშეთის მაზრა, romanized: dushetis mazra

[Caucasian_Tatars-7] 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]

[10] Primarily Tatars.^[7]

[11] Primarily Turco-Tatars.^[7]

[FOOTNOTETsutsiev2014-2] Tsutsiev 2014.

[FOOTNOTEКавказский_календарь_на_1913_год164–175-3] Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 164–175.

[:0-4] "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-30.

[FOOTNOTEBournoutian201835_(note_25)-5] Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).

[FOOTNOTETsutsiev201450-6] Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.

[FOOTNOTEКавказский_календарь_на_1917_год206–213-8] Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 206–213.

[FOOTNOTEHovannisian197167-9] Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

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