STATISTICAL LISTS OF THE OCCUPIED TSKHINVALI REGION (According to the collections kept in the K. Kekelidze Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts)

Abstract

Statistical lists are at our disposalmainly in the form of census books, which are an important documentary source for reconstructing the history of a particular region. Sources of this type have acquired special significance for the study and
research of the occupied territories of Georgia. These lists were compiled for different purposes. In the feudal state, their function was to determine the number of serfs, taxpayers and men to be summoned for military service. Census books very
precisely characterize the ethno-demographic processes, the onomastics of a region (name, surname, toponymy), socio-economic situation, etc.
One part of the census books kept in the collections of the K. Kekelidze Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts have been published and studied, the other part is yet to be published. Chronologically, they cover the 18th-19thcenturies. The geography of the census books also varies. These include both large-scale lists in which censuses of large regions are collected (“Census Book of Kartli”, “List of households of Shida Kartli villages”, “List of estates of the Ossetian households of Ksani and Liakhvi”), and data from some specific villages (“List of serfs in the village of Ghverteti”, “List of the taxes on the maintenance of officials and other taxes in the village of Tsirkuali”). The statistical lists combine a list of shares of various officials, and books of orders of feudal lords on the levying of taxes from certain villages (,,Part of Ckhrazma Kularagas“).
The article is based on materials of the Hd, Qd funds of the K. Kekelidze Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts.