Kutais Governorate

The Kutais Governorate (Russian: Кутаисская губерния; Georgian: ქუთაისის გუბერნია) was one of the guberniyas of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of western Georgia and most of Artvin Province (except Hopa and Yusufeli districts) of Turkey between 1878 and 1917. It was created out of part of the former Georgia-Imeretia Governorate in 1846. It also included Akhaltsikhe uyezd before its cession to the Tiflis Governorate in 1867.

Kutais Governorate
Кутаисская губерния
Coat of arms
CountryRussia
Political statusGovernorate
RegionCaucasus
Established1846
Abolished1917
SeatKutaisi
Area
 • Total21,094 km2 (8,144 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total1,034,468
 • Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
History of Georgia
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Demographics

As of 1897, according to the Russian Empire Census 1,058,241 people lived in the oblast. Georgians constituted the majority, 82.1% of the population. This includes Imeretians and Mingrelians, who were separated in the census based on their dialect and language.

Linguistic groups in 1897[1]
TOTAL 1,058,241 100%
Georgians 343,929 32.5%
Imeretians (dialect of Standard Georgian) 270,513 25.6%
Mingrelians 238,655 22.6%
Abkhazians 59,469 5.6%
Turks 46,665 4.4%
Armenians 24,043 2.3%

Caucasian Calendar of 1917

The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 1,034,468 residents in the Kutais Governorate, including 546,957 men and 487,511 women, 990,297 of whom were the permanent population, and 44,171 were temporary residents.[2]

Ethno-religious groups in the Kutais Governorate according to the 1917 Caucasian Calendar[2]
Uyezd (district) Russians Other Europeans Georgians Armenians North Caucasians Other Asian Nationalities Jews TOTAL
Orthodox Sectarian Christian Shia Muslim Sunni Muslim
Zugdidi 94 0 3 127,861 3 0 0 0 17 0 127,978
0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 99.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Kutais 11,623 0 234 264,705 1,938 0 681 105 0 12,683 291,969
4.0% 0.0% 0.1% 90.7% 0.7% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 4.3% 100.0%
Lechkhum 14 0 25 60,407 96 0 0 0 0 1,372 61,914
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 97.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.2% 100.0%
Ozurget 770 0 182 114,325 42 0 0 0 0 20 115,339
0.7% 0.0% 0.2% 99.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Racha 0 0 0 88,065 97 0 0 0 0 0 88,162
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 99.9% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Senaki 2,840 0 239 151,744 1,529 1 769 0 70 2,486 159,678
1.8% 0.0% 0.1% 95.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 1.6% 100.0%
Shorapan 534 10 299 186,305 900 31 29 28 57 1,235 189,428
0.3% 0.0% 0.2% 98.4% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7% 100.0%
TOTAL 15,875 10 982 993,412 4,605 32 1,479 133 144 17,796 1,034,468
1.5% 0.0% 0.1% 96.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7% 100.0%

Administrative divisions

The Kutais Governorate consisted of the following uyezds and okrugs:

References
  1. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=441
  2. Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). pp. 359–362.


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