Tiflis Governorate
Tashir was founded as Vorontsovka in 1844 within the Russian Empire, by Russian migrants who arrived in the area from the region of Saratov. The newly-established settlement was named after the Viceroy of the Caucasus Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov. In 1846, it was included in the Borchali uyezd of Tiflis Governorate.