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Kutaisi Governorate
Kutaisi Governorate Invalid language code. Кутаисская губерния (Modern Russian) ქუთაისის გუბერნია (Georgian) | |
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Established | 1846 |
Abolished | 1917 |
Political status Region |
Governorate Caucasus |
Area | |
Area - Rank |
259,418 verst² n/a |
Population (1897 census) | |
Population - Rank - Density - Urban - Rural |
913,657 inhabitants n/a 3.5 inhab. / verst² |
Government | |
First Head Last Head |
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The Kutaisi Governorate (Georgian: ქუთაისის გუბერნია) was a governorate (province) 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 was also included Akhaltsikhe uzeyd before cession to Tiflis Governorate in 1867.
Demographics
As of 1897, 1,058,241 people populated 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, respectively.
Linguistic groups in 1897[1]
TOTAL | 1,058,241 | 100% |
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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% |
Administrative divisions
Kutaisi Governorate consisted of the following uyezds and okrugs:
- Kutaisi uyezd
- Lechkmumi uyezd
- Zugdidi uyezd
- Ozurgeti uyezd
- Racha uyezd
- Senaki uyezd
- Shorapani uyezd
- Sokhumi okrug
- Batumi okrug (It was formed in 1878 after Treaty of Berlin)
- Artvini okrug (It was formed in 1878 after Treaty of Berlin)
References
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