The Tionety 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 centre in Tionety (present-day Tianeti). The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia.
History Following the Russian Revolution, the Tionety uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Administrative divisions The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Tionety uezd in 1913 were as follows: Name1912 populationAreaPshavo-Khevsuretskiy uchastok ()13,967Tushino-Kakhetinskiy uchastok ()13,017Ertsoyskiy uchastok ()16,403
Demographics
1897 Russian census According to the 1897 Russian Empire census, the Tionety uezd had a population of 34,153 on , including 16,431 men and 17,722 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Chechen speaking minority. +Linguistic composition of the Tionety uezd in 1897LanguageNative speakers%Georgian30,30288.72Chechen2,1136.19Russian6371.87Armenian5381.58Kist2840.83Ossetian2270.66Persian240.07Turkish100.03Avar-Andean60.02Greek50.01Tatar30.01Belarusian10.00French10.00Jewish10.00Polish10.00TOTAL34,153100.00
Kavkazskiy kalendar According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Tionety uezd had a population of 49,350 on , including 24,402 men and 24,948 women, 48,666 of whom were the permanent population, and 684 were temporary residents: NationalityNumber%Georgians47,51596.28Armenians1,7263.50Russians560.11North Caucasians390.08Jews120.02Other Europeans20.00TOTAL49,350100.00
See also History of the administrative division of Russia
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