Ozurgeti uezd
# Ozurgeti uezd

The Ozurgeti uezd was a county (uezd) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Senaki uezd to the north, the Kutaisi uezd to the east, the Akhaltsikhe uezd of the Tiflis Governorate to the southeast, the Batum Okrug of the Batum Oblast to the south, and the Black Sea to the west. The area of the Ozurgeti uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Guria region of Georgia. The county was eponymously named for its administrative center, Ozurgeti.

## History

The Ozurgeti uezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate during the time of the Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Ozurgeti uezd was incorporated into the Democratic Republic of Georgia.

## Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Ozurgeti uezd in 1913 were as follows:

| Name | 1912 population | Area |
| - | - | - |
| Guriantskiy uchastok (Гуриантскій участокъ) | 20,585 | 606.10 square versts (689.78 $km^2;$ 266.33 sq mi) |
| Lanchkhutskiy uchastok (Ланчхутскій участокъ) | 38,658 | 464.68 square versts (528.83 $km^2;$ 204.18 sq mi) |
| Chokhataurskiy uchastok (Чохатаурскій участокъ) | 37,603 | 828.26 square versts (942.61 $km^2;$ 363.94 sq mi) |

## Demographics

### Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Ozurgeti uezd had a population of 90,326 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 45,426 men and 44,900 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Greek speaking minority.

Linguistic composition of the Ozurgeti uezd in 1897 :

| Language | Native speakers | % |
| - | - | - |
| Georgian | 86,057 | 95.27 |
| Greek | 3,009 | 3.33 |
| Russian | 526 | 0.58 |
| Mingrelian | 305 | 0.34 |
| Turkish | 179 | 0.20 |
| Svan | 44 | 0.05 |
| Ukrainian | 41 | 0.05 |
| Tatar | 39 | 0.04 |
| Armenian | 29 | 0.03 |
| German | 22 | 0.02 |
| Polish | 20 | 0.02 |
| Abkhaz | 10 | 0.01 |
| Imeretian | 8 | 0.01 |
| Persian | 6 | 0.01 |
| Avar-Andean | 5 | 0.01 |
| Belarusian | 2 | 0.00 |
| Jewish | 1 | 0.00 |
| Kurdish | 1 | 0.00 |
| Ossetian | 1 | 0.00 |
| Other | 21 | 0.02 |
| TOTAL | 90,326 | 100.00 |

### Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Ozurgeti uezd had a population of 115,339 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 61,071 men and 54,268 women, 111,987 of whom were the permanent population, and 3,352 were temporary residents:

| Nationality | Urban | Urban | Rural | Rural | TOTAL | TOTAL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nationality | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
| Georgians | 10,259 | 91.61 | 104,066 | 99.93 | 114,325 | 99.12 |
| Russians | 695 | 6.21 | 75 | 0.07 | 770 | 0.67 |
| Other Europeans | 182 | 1.63 | 0 | 0.00 | 182 | 0.16 |
| Armenians | 42 | 0.38 | 0 | 0.00 | 42 | 0.04 |
| Jews | 20 | 0.18 | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | 0.02 |
| TOTAL | 11,198 | 100.00 | 104,141 | 100.00 | 115,339 | 100.00 |
