Batalpashinsky otdel

Batalpashinsky otdel
Баталпашинскій отдѣлъ
Batalpashinsky otdel Баталпашинскій отдѣлъ
Otdel
	Location in the Kuban Oblast
Country	Russian Empire
Viceroyalty	Caucasus
Oblast	Kuban
Established	1869
Abolished	1922
Capital	Batalpashinskaya; (present-day Cherkessk)
Area
• Total	17,444.27 km2 (6,735.27 sq mi)
Population (1916)
• Total	298,208
• Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
• Rural	100.00%

Last updated December 29, 2022

The Batalpashinsky otdel^{[lower-alpha 1]} was a Cossack district ( otdel ) of the Kuban Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Stavropol Governorate to the north, the Labinsky and Maykopsky otdels to the west, the Sochi and Sukhumi okrugs to the south, and the Terek Oblast to the east. The area of the Batalpashinsky otdel included most of the contemporary Karachay-Cherkessia region of Russia. The administrative capital was the city of Batalpashinskaya (present-day Cherkessk).^[1]

Administrative divisions

The subcounties ( uchastoks ) of the Batalpashinsky otdel in 1912 were as follows:^[2]

Uchastok	Russian name	1912 population
1st	1-й участокъ	61,259
2nd	2-й участокъ	72,300
3rd	3-й участокъ	71,791

Demographics

Russian Empire census (1897)

According to the Russian Empire census of 1897, the Batalpashinsky otdel had a population of 215,400, including 107,825 men and 107,575 women. The plurality of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Ukrainian and Karachay speaking minorities.^[3]

Linguistic composition of the Batalpashinsky otdel in 1897^[3]
Language	Native speakers	%
Russian	90,305	41.92
Ukrainian	58,421	27.12
Karachay	26,867	12.47
Abkhaz	10,370	4.81
Kabardian	8,452	3.92
Nogai	5,746	2.67
German	4,392	2.04
Circassian	3,962	1.84
Ossetian	1,829	0.85
Tatar^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1,232	0.57
Estonian	839	0.39
Belarusian	751	0.35
Jewish	530	0.25
Greek	419	0.19
Armenian	380	0.18
Polish	192	0.09
Mordovian	161	0.07
Romani	135	0.06
Kumyk	100	0.05
Georgian	99	0.05
Kazi-Kumukh	47	0.02
Romanian	32	0.01
Avar-Andean	29	0.01
Persian	22	0.01
Turkish	20	0.01
Czech	13	0.01
Lithuanian	5	0.00
Bulgarian	3	0.00
Latvian	3	0.00
Bashkir	2	0.00
Other	42	0.02
TOTAL	215,400	100.00

Caucasian Calendar (1917)

According to the 1917 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the Batalpashinsky otdel had 298,208 residents in 1916, including 152,171 men and 146,037 women, 208,488 of whom were the permanent population, and 89,720 were temporary residents:^[4]

Nationality	Number	%
Russians ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	209,733	70.33
North Caucasians	77,851	26.11
Other Europeans	5,276	1.77
Asiatic Christians	3,268	1.10
Jews	1,089	0.37
Sunni Muslims ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	601	0.20
Armenians	390	0.13
TOTAL	298,208	100.00

Notes

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- Russian: Баталпаши́нскій отдѣ́лъ, romanized: Batalpashínsky otdél
- Ukrainian: Баталпашинський відділ, romanized: Batalpashynskyy viddil
↑ Later known as Azerbaijani.
↑ The Caucasian Calendar did not distinguish between Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.
↑ Primarily Turco-Tatars.^[5]

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References

↑ Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088.
↑ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. pp. 176–183. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.
1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
↑ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. pp. 222–229. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.
↑ Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

Bibliography

Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-01805-2.

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[1] 
Russian: Баталпаши́нскій отдѣ́лъ, romanized: Batalpashínsky otdél
Ukrainian: Баталпашинський відділ, romanized: Batalpashynskyy viddil

[mwASU] Russian: Баталпаши́нскій отдѣ́лъ, romanized: Batalpashínsky otdél

[mwAS4] Ukrainian: Баталпашинський відділ, romanized: Batalpashynskyy viddil

[5] Later known as Azerbaijani.

[7] The Caucasian Calendar did not distinguish between Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.

[9] Primarily Turco-Tatars.^[5]

[:0-2] Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088.

[3] Кавказский календарь на 1913 год [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. pp. 176–183. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.

[:1-4] 1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-17.

[6] Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. pp. 222–229. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.

[FOOTNOTEHovannisian197167-8] Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

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