| Area Total Km2: | 2,324.65 |
| Established Date: | 1846 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Extinct Date: | 1928 |
| Extinct Title: | Abolished |
| Mapsize: | 220px |
| Kutaisi uezd | |
| Native Name: | Кутаисскій уѣздъ |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Population As Of: | 1916 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Rural: | 80.08% |
| Population Total: | 291,969 |
| Population Urban: | 19.92% |
| Seat: | Kutais (present-day Kutaisi) |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Settlement Type: | Uezd |
| Subdivision Name: | Russian Empire |
| Subdivision Name1: | Caucasus |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kutaisi |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Viceroyalty |
| Subdivision Type2: | Governorate |
| Total Type: | Total |
The Kutaisi uezd was a county (uezd) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Akhaltsikhe uezd of the Tiflis Governorate to the south, the Ozurgeti and Senaki uezds to the west, the Lechkhumi and Racha uezds to the north, and the Shorapani uezd to the east. The area of the uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Imereti region of Georgia. The Kutaisi uezd was eponymously named for its administrative center, Kutais (present-day Kutaisi).
The Kutaisi uezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate on the territory of the historical region of Imereti during the time of the Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Kutaisi uezd was incorporated into the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Kutaisi uezd in 1913 were:
| Name | 1912 population | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bagdadskiy uchastok | 52,770 | 1255.75verst2 | |
| Kutaisskiy uchastok | 37,791 | 449.11verst2 | |
| Samtredskiy uchastok | 49,629 | 354.96verst2 | |
| Tkvibulskiy uchastok | 34,123 | 544.74verst2 | |
| Khonskiy uchastok | 42,417 | 438.08verst2 |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kutaisi uezd had a population of 221,665 on, including 113,848 men and 107,817 women. The majority of the population indicated Imeretian to be their mother tongue, with significant Georgian and Russian speaking minorities:[1]
| Imeretian | 148,003 | 66.77 | |
| Georgian | 60,278 | 27.19 | |
| Russian | 4,085 | 1.84 | |
| Jewish | 3,614 | 1.63 | |
| Mingrelian | 1,738 | 0.78 | |
| Armenian | 1,331 | 0.60 | |
| Ukrainian | 642 | 0.29 | |
| Polish | 531 | 0.24 | |
| Greek | 351 | 0.16 | |
| German | 161 | 0.07 | |
| Lithuanian | 146 | 0.07 | |
| Turkish | 109 | 0.05 | |
| Tatar | 72 | 0.03 | |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 59 | 0.03 | |
| Ossetian | 48 | 0.02 | |
| Svan | 45 | 0.02 | |
| Persian | 42 | 0.02 | |
| Abkhaz | 29 | 0.01 | |
| Avar-Andean | 28 | 0.01 | |
| Romanian | 13 | 0.01 | |
| Belarusian | 9 | 0.00 | |
| English | 5 | 0.00 | |
| Estonian | 4 | 0.00 | |
| Kurdish | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Other | 321 | 0.14 | |
| TOTAL | 221,665 | 100.00 |
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According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Kutaisi uezd had a population of 291,969 on, including 156,683 men and 135,286 women, 273,021 of whom were the permanent population, and 18,948 were temporary residents:
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Georgians | 33,843 | 58.20 | 230,862 | 98.74 | 264,705 | 90.66 | |
| Jews | 10,479 | 18.02 | 2,204 | 0.94 | 12,683 | 4.34 | |
| Russians | 10,975 | 18.87 | 648 | 0.28 | 11,623 | 3.98 | |
| Armenians | 1,845 | 3.17 | 93 | 0.04 | 1,938 | 0.66 | |
| Asiatic Christians | 681 | 1.17 | 0 | 0.00 | 681 | 0.23 | |
| Other Europeans | 233 | 0.40 | 1 | 0.00 | 234 | 0.08 | |
| Shia Muslims | 95 | 0.16 | 10 | 0.00 | 105 | 0.04 | |
| TOTAL | 58,151 | 100.00 | 233,818 | 100.00 | 291,969 | 100.00 | |