Tiflis uezd

 ( Caucasus Viceroyalty ) 

The Tiflis 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 Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi). The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Kvemo Kartli region of Georgia. The district bordered the Telavi uezd to the northeast, the Tionety uezd and Dusheti uezd uezds to the north, the Gori uezd to the northwest, the Borchaly uezd to the west, the Kazakh uezd of the Elizavetpol Governorate to the south, and the Signakh uezd to the east.

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History The Tiflis uezd as part of the Georgia Governorate was formed in 1801 as a result of the annexation of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakhetian to the Russian Empire. In 1840, the district formed a part of the Georgia-Imeretia Governorate, then after 1846 it was included in the Tiflis Governorate until its abolition by Soviet authorities. In 1880, the Borchaly Uyezd was detached from the Tiflis uezd to be administered separately.Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedia: Tiflis Governorate

Following the Russian Revolution, the Tiflis uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.

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Administrative divisions The subcounties ( ) of the Tiflis uezd in 1913 were as follows:

Karayazskiy uchastok (Караязскій участокъ)	7,724
Sartachalskiy uchastok (Сартачальскій участокъ)	31,905
Tiflisskiy uchastok (Тифлисскій участокъ)	33,313
Prigorodny raion (Пригородный раіонъ)	12,168	–

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Demographics

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1897 Russian census According to the 1897 Russian Empire census, the Tiflis uezd had a population of 234,632 on , including 137,849 men and 96,783 women. The plurality of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian, Russian language, and Tatar speaking minorities.

+Linguistic composition of the Tiflis uezd in 1897 !Language !Native speakers !%
Georgian	80,293	34.22
Armenian	57,933	24.69
Russian language	51,775	22.07
Tatar	13,764	5.87
German language	5,417	2.31
Polish language	4,918	2.10
Greek language	4,554	1.94
Ukrainian	3,450	1.47
Jewish languages	3,336	1.42
Persian language	1,766	0.75
Ossetian	1,712	0.73
Suret language	1,354	0.58
Imeretian	1,005	0.43
Lithuanian	828	0.35
French language	342	0.15
Kurdish	220	0.09
Czech language	191	0.08
Mingrelian	191	0.08
Romanian	175	0.07
Italian language	150	0.06
Belarusian	148	0.06
Chuvash language	141	0.06
Avar language	124	0.05
Latvian language	96	0.04
Turkish language	71	0.03
Dargin languages	59	0.03
Chechen language	52	0.02
Lak language	47	0.02
Lezgian language	43	0.02
Kist people	9	0.00
Other	468	0.20

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Kavkazskiy kalendar According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Tiflis uezd had a population of 521,222 on , including 283,326 men and 236,896 women, 339,668 of whom were the permanent population, and 181,554 were temporary residents:

Armenians	149,294	43.05	26,044	14.93	175,338	33.64
Georgians	37,584	10.84	96,040	55.05	133,624	25.64
Russians	91,997	26.53	29,042	16.65	121,039	23.22
Europeans	11,883	3.43	9,075	5.20	20,958	4.02
Asiatic Christians	19,560	5.64	35	0.02	19,595	3.76
Shia Muslims	9,408	2.71	8,186	4.69	17,594	3.38
Jews	10,712	3.09	306	0.18	11,018	2.11
Sunni Islam	6,273	1.81	3,842	2.20	10,115	1.94
Yazidis	4,697	1.35	0	0.00	4,697	0.90
North Caucasians	2,685	0.77	938	0.54	3,623	0.70
Kurds	2,279	0.66	948	0.54	3,227	0.62
Romani people	394	0.11	0	0.00	394	0.08

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See also

• History of the administrative division of Russia

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Notes

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