Editing Telavi (section)

===Russian rule===
[[File:Telavimainstreet.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Streets of Telavi city]]
In 1801, after the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti was annexed by the [[Russian Empire]], Telavi lost its status as a capital. In the 19th century, the city was the administrative center of the [[Telavi uezd]] within the [[Tiflis Governorate]]. During that period, the economy of the city was mainly composed of [[Light industry|small-scale industries]] ([[leather painting]], pottery production, [[viniculture|wine-making]], etc.), commerce and agriculture. The town's population was about 12,000 in the end of the 19th century (including about 9,000 [[Armenians]] and 2,000 ethnic [[Georgians]]).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| encyclopedia= Энциклопедия Брокгауза и Ефрона ([[Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary]])| url= http://www.vehi.net/brokgauz/ |title= Телав| trans-title= Telav| language= ka}}</ref>