Darginskiy okrug

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Darginskiy okrug
Даргинский округ
Okrug
Dargin Okrug of Dagestan Oblast.png
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
Country Russian Empire
Viceroyalty Caucasus
Oblast Dagestan
Established1854
Abolished1928
Capital Levashi
Area
 • Total1,735.83 km2 (670.21 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total85,131
 • Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
 •  Rural
100.00%

The Darginskiy okrug [a] was a district ( okrug ) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Darginskiy okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Levashi. [1]

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Administrative divisions

The prefectures (участки, uchastki ) of the Darginskiy okrug in 1917 were: [2] [3]

Name1912 populationArea
Akushinskiy prefecture (Акушиинский участок)30,280517.05 square versts (588.44  km2 ; 227.20  sq mi )
Mekeginskiy prefecture (Мекегинский участок)22,235403.49 square versts (459.20  km2 ; 177.30  sq mi )
Syurginskiy prefecture (Сюргинский участок)17,175291.51 square versts (331.76  km2 ; 128.09  sq mi )
Tsudakharskiy prefecture (Цудахарский участок)11,060313.54 square versts (356.83  km2 ; 137.77  sq mi )

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Darginskiy okrug had a population of 80,943 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 38,403 men and 42,540 women. The majority of the population indicated Dargin to be their mother tongue. [4]

Linguistic composition of the Darginskiy okrug in 1897 [4]
LanguageNative speakers%
Dargin 73,89991.30
Kazi-Kumukh 3,7394.62
Avar-Andean 3,1313.87
Russian 570.07
Polish 290.04
Georgian 200.02
Jewish 190.02
Ukrainian 150.02
Kyurin 90.01
Tatar [b] 80.01
Lithuanian 20.00
Armenian 10.00
German 10.00
Other130.02
TOTAL80,943100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar , the Darginskiy okrug had a population of 85,131 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 42,156 men and 42,975 women, 85,020 of whom were the permanent population, and 111 were temporary residents: [7]

NationalityNumber%
North Caucasians 85,10899.97
Russians 230.03
TOTAL85,131100.00

Notes

  1. ↑ Russian: Даргинский округ, pre-reform orthography : Даргинскій округъ [dərɡʲɪnskʲɪjɐkrʊk]
  2. ↑ Before 1918, Azerbaijanis were generally known as "Tatars". This term, employed by the Russians, referred to Turkic-speaking Muslims of the South Caucasus. After 1918, with the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and "especially during the Soviet era", the Tatar group identified itself as "Azerbaijani". [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. ↑ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 28–46.
  3. ↑ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 144–151.
  4. 1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  5. ↑ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  6. ↑ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  7. ↑ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 186–193.

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