| Area Total Km2: | 3,882.84 |
| Established Date: | 1802 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Extinct Date: | 1929 |
| Extinct Title: | Abolished |
| Mapsize: | 220px |
| Dusheti uezd | |
| Native Name: | Душетскій уѣздъ |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Population As Of: | 1916 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Rural: | 96.63% |
| Population Total: | 66,430 |
| Population Urban: | 3.37% |
| Seat: | Dushet (present-day Dusheti) |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Settlement Type: | Uezd |
| Subdivision Name: | Russian Empire |
| Subdivision Name1: | Caucasus |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tiflis |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Viceroyalty |
| Subdivision Type2: | Governorate |
| Total Type: | Total |
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.
Following the Russian Revolution, the Dusheti uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Dusheti uezd in 1913 were as follows:
| Name | 1912 population | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bazaletskiy uchastok | 14,812 | 579.02verst2 | |
| Kvishetskiy uchastok | 22,882 | 1518.08verst2 | |
| Ksanskiy uchastok | 14,732 | 800.15verst2 | |
| Mtskhetskiy uchastok | 15,930 | 514.55verst2 |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Dusheti uezd had a population of 67,719 on, 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.[1]
| 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 |
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According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Dusheti uezd had a population of 66,430 on, including 32,949 men and 33,481 women, 65,737 of whom were the permanent population, and 693 were temporary residents:
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |