The Dusheti 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 Dushet (present-day Dusheti). The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia.
History In April 1906, Dusheti witnessed one of the largest robberies of the Tsarist treasury when militant members of the Georgian Socialist-Federalist Revolutionary Party under the leadership of Leo Kereselidze expropriated 315,000 rubles from its holdings. This politically-motivated heist was of comparable scale as the subsequent 1907 Tiflis bank robbery conducted by the Bolsheviks.
Following the Russian Revolution, the Dusheti uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Administrative divisions The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Dusheti uezd in 1913 were as follows: Name1912 populationAreaBazaletskiy uchastok ()14,812Kvishetskiy uchastok ()22,882Ksanskiy uchastok ()14,732Mtskhetskiy uchastok ()15,930
Demographics
1897 Russian census According to the 1897 Russian Empire census, the Dusheti uezd had a population of 67,719 on , 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. +Linguistic composition of the Dusheti uezd in 1897LanguageNative speakers%Georgian49,69073.38Ossetian14,52321.45Armenian1,6802.48Russian9801.45Tatar4050.60Assyrian1210.18Mingrelian540.08Ukrainian530.08Polish430.06Jewish240.04Avar-Andean170.03Persian150.02Imeretian140.02German130.02Kyurin100.01Greek80.01Dargin70.01Lithuanian40.01Kurdish30.00Belarusian20.00Chechen20.00Kazi-Kumukh20.00Romanian10.00Chuvash10.00Other470.07TOTAL67,719100.00
Kavkazskiy kalendar According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Dusheti uezd had a population of 66,430 on , including 32,949 men and 33,481 women, 65,737 of whom were the permanent population, and 693 were temporary residents: NationalityUrbanRuralTOTALNumber%Number%Number%Georgians1,16552.0856,43087.9157,59586.70North Caucasians50.224,6147.194,6196.95Armenians99844.612,6734.163,6715.53Russians522.322180.342700.41Other Europeans160.721090.171250.19Shia Muslims00.00610.10610.09Jews10.04590.09600.09Sunni Muslims00.00290.05290.04TOTAL2,237100.0064,193100.0066,430100.00
See also History of the administrative division of Russia
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