title: Dusheti uezd
text: # Dusheti uezd
  
  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
  
  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:
  
  | Name | 1912 population | Area |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bazaletskiy uchastok (Базалетскій участокъ) | 14,812 | 579.02 square versts (658.96 $km^2;$ 254.43 sq mi) |
  | Kvishetskiy uchastok (Квишетскій участокъ) | 22,882 | 1,518.08 square versts (1,727.67 $km^2;$ 667.06 sq mi) |
  | Ksanskiy uchastok (Ксанскій участокъ) | 14,732 | 800.15 square versts (910.62 $km^2;$ 351.59 sq mi) |
  | Mtskhetskiy uchastok (Мцхетскій участокъ) | 15,930 | 514.55 square versts (585.59 $km^2;$ 226.10 sq mi) |
  
  ## Demographics
  
  ### Russian Empire Census
  
  According to the Russian Empire Census, the Dusheti uezd had a population of 67,719 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, 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 1897 :
  
  | Language | Native speakers | % |
  | - | - | - |
  | Georgian | 49,690 | 73.38 |
  | Ossetian | 14,523 | 21.45 |
  | Armenian | 1,680 | 2.48 |
  | Russian | 980 | 1.45 |
  | Tatar | 405 | 0.60 |
  | Assyrian | 121 | 0.18 |
  | Mingrelian | 54 | 0.08 |
  | Ukrainian | 53 | 0.08 |
  | Polish | 43 | 0.06 |
  | Jewish | 24 | 0.04 |
  | Avar-Andean | 17 | 0.03 |
  | Persian | 15 | 0.02 |
  | Imeretian | 14 | 0.02 |
  | German | 13 | 0.02 |
  | Kyurin | 10 | 0.01 |
  | Greek | 8 | 0.01 |
  | Dargin | 7 | 0.01 |
  | Lithuanian | 4 | 0.01 |
  | Kurdish | 3 | 0.00 |
  | Belarusian | 2 | 0.00 |
  | Chechen | 2 | 0.00 |
  | Kazi-Kumukh | 2 | 0.00 |
  | Romanian | 1 | 0.00 |
  | Chuvash | 1 | 0.00 |
  | Other | 47 | 0.07 |
  | TOTAL | 67,719 | 100.00 |
  
  ### Kavkazskiy kalendar
  
  According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Dusheti uezd had a population of 66,430 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 32,949 men and 33,481 women, 65,737 of whom were the permanent population, and 693 were temporary residents:
  
  | Nationality | Urban | Urban | Rural | Rural | TOTAL | TOTAL |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nationality | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
  | Georgians | 1,165 | 52.08 | 56,430 | 87.91 | 57,595 | 86.70 |
  | North Caucasians | 5 | 0.22 | 4,614 | 7.19 | 4,619 | 6.95 |
  | Armenians | 998 | 44.61 | 2,673 | 4.16 | 3,671 | 5.53 |
  | Russians | 52 | 2.32 | 218 | 0.34 | 270 | 0.41 |
  | Other Europeans | 16 | 0.72 | 109 | 0.17 | 125 | 0.19 |
  | Shia Muslims | 0 | 0.00 | 61 | 0.10 | 61 | 0.09 |
  | Jews | 1 | 0.04 | 59 | 0.09 | 60 | 0.09 |
  | Sunni Muslims | 0 | 0.00 | 29 | 0.05 | 29 | 0.04 |
  | TOTAL | 2,237 | 100.00 | 64,193 | 100.00 | 66,430 | 100.00 |
  