ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION OF GEORGIA ACCORDING TO THE

Nikolaishvili Dali A.; Sartania Davit; Kvetenadze M.; Kubetsia Mzia

Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION OF GEORGIA ACCORDING TO THE "MAP OF THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA" OF 1922 BY IVANE JAVAKHISHVILI

Nikolaishvili Dali A. , Sartania Davit, Kvetenadze M. , Kubetsia Mzia

Abstract :

The administrative and territorial division of Georgia changed for all its history; however, following the political circumstances, the major changes were seen in the XIX–XX centuries. The present work aims at providing a general analysis of the administrative division of the country according to the �Map of the Republic of Georgia� published in 1922 by Ivane Javakhishvili. There are 5 border types plotted on the map: (1) old borders of the Republic of Georgia, (2) new borders of the Republic of Georgia, (3) borders of the Autonomous Republics of Georgia, (4) old Uyezd borders, and (5) new Uyezd borders. The difference between the territories with old and new borders, i.e. the territorial loss of Georgia after 1921 made 19 thousand square kilometers, i.e. almost ¼ of the total present–day territory of Georgia. The study revealed the territorial changes of Georgia before and after its Sovietization, identified the peculiarities of spatial distribution of the territorial–administrative units of Georgia and distribution of the objects of the map within these units.