Tiflis Governorate
The Tiflis Governorate (pre-reform Russian: ; ) was one of the "guberniyas" of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire with its centre in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi, capital of Georgia). In 1897 it constituted 44,607 sq. kilometres in area and had a population of 1,051,032 inhabitants. The Tiflis Governorate bordered the Elisabethpol Governorate to the southeast, the Erivan Governorate to the south, the Kars Oblast to the southwest, the Batum Oblast to the west, the Kutais Governorate to the northwest, the Terek Oblast to the north, the Dagestan Oblast to the northeast, and the Zakatal Okrug to the  east. The governorate covered areas of contemporary southeastern Georgia, most of the Lori Province of Armenia, small sections of northwestern Azerbaijan, and a minuscule southern part of the Republic of Ingushetia within the Russian Federation. History. Tiflis Governorate was established in 1846 along with the Kutais Governorate, after the dissolution of the Georgia-Imeretia Governorate. It was initially formed from uezds of Tiflis, Gori, Telavi, Signakh, Elisabethpol, Erivan, Nakhichevan and Alexandropol and okrugs of Zakatal, Ossetian and Tushino-Pshavo-Khevsurian. In 1849, uyezds of Erivan, Nakhichevan and Alexandropol were attached to Erivan Governorate. In 1859 Ossetian okrug became part of  Gori district and Tushino-Pshavo-Khevsurian okrug was renamed to Tianeti okrug. In 1867, the northern part of Tiflis uyezd was separated as Dusheti one, while Akhaltsikhe uyezd which was created after ceding from Ottoman Empire to Russian Empire in 1829, was detached from Kutaisi Governorate and part of Tiflis one. In 1868 Elisabethpol uyezd (in the same decree, Kazakh uyezd was formed from northwestern part of Elisabethpol one and was attached to Elisabethpol Governorate) was part of Elisabethpol Governorate. In 1874, the southern part of Akhaltsikhe uyezd was to become Akhalkalaki one and Tianeti okrug was elevated as "uyezd . Finally southern part of Tiflis Uyezd was to become Borchaly Uyezd. The Tiflis Governorate lasted within these boundaries for some 50 years until the Russian Revolution and subsequent founding of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1918. The governorate and its counties were soon abolished after its incorporation into the Soviet Union and reorganised into the raions" (counties) of the Georgian SSR by 1930. Administrative divisions. By 1917, the Tiflis Governorate consisted of eleven "uezds" (counties), thirty-four "uchastoks" (sub-counties), and two "raions" (urban sub-counties): Demographics. Russian Imperial Census of 1897. As of 1897, 1,051,032 lived in the  governorate, with around 20% of them being urban. Ethnic Georgians constituted 44.3% of the population, followed by Armenians (18.7%), Azeris (10.2%), Russians (including Ukrainians and Old Believers, 9.7%), Ossetians (6.4%), Avars (3.2%), Greeks (2.6%), Turks (2.4%), etc. More than half of the population adhered to Eastern Orthodox Christianity with significant Muslim, Catholic and Jewish minorities. Caucasian Calendar of 1917. The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 1,473,308 residents in the Tiflis Governorate, including 780,010 men and 693,298 women, 1,255,176 of whom were the permanent population, and 218,132 were temporary residents. Governors. The administration tasks in the governorate  were executed by a governor. Sometimes, a military governor was appointed as well. The governors of Tiflis Governorate were