Kavkazsky otdel

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Kavkazsky otdel
Кавказскій отдѣлъ
Caucasian Otdel of Kuban Oblast.png
Location in the Kuban Oblast
Country Russian Empire
Viceroyalty Caucasus
Oblast Kuban
Established1876
Abolished1924
Capital Kavkazskaya
Area
  Total15,866.18 km2 (6,125.97 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
  Total462,235
  Density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
   Rural
100.00%

The Kavkazsky otdel [lower-alpha 1] was a Cossack district ( otdel ) of the Kuban oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Yeysky otdel to the north, the Tamansky otdel to the west, the Yekaterinodarsky and Maykopsky otdels to the south, and the Stavropol Governorate to the east. The area of the Kavkazsky otdel mostly corresponded to the contemporary Krasnodar Krai region of the Russian Federation. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Kavkazskaya. [1]

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Administrative divisions

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

Name1912 population
1-y uchastok (1-й участокъ)44,713
2-y uchastok (2-й участокъ)40,780
3-y uchastok (3-й участокъ)59,122
4-y uchastok (4-й участокъ)56,488

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kavkazsky otdel had a population of 249,182 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 126,540 men and 122,642 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ukrainian speaking minority. [3]

Linguistic composition of the Kavkazsky otdel in 1897 [3]
LanguageNative speakers%
Russian 127,38551.12
Ukrainian 114,03745.76
German 3,9721.59
Belarusian 7570.30
Armenian 7280.29
Polish 3780.15
Tatar [lower-alpha 2] 3350.13
Romanian 3070.12
Romani 2790.11
Greek 1820.07
Czech 1170.05
Latvian 1010.04
Bulgarian 960.04
Mordovian 890.04
Georgian 850.03
Kalmyk 660.03
Ossetian 630.03
Turkish 360.01
Jewish 300.01
Kazi-Kumukh 230.01
Kyurin 230.01
Circassian 170.01
Lithuanian 150.01
Kabardian 120.00
Kumyk 100.00
Persian 60.00
Nogai 50.00
Estonian 30.00
Avar-Andean 20.00
Karachay 10.00
Other220.01
TOTAL249,182100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar , the Kavkazsky otdel had a population of 462,235 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 235,883 men and 226,352 women, 235,550 of whom were the permanent population, and 226,685 were temporary residents: [6]

NationalityNumber%
Russians 454,98198.43
Other Europeans 5,2801.14
Armenians 1,0460.23
Shia Muslims [lower-alpha 3] 6290.14
Georgians 2240.05
North Caucasians 720.02
Jews 30.00
TOTAL462,235100.00

Notes

  1. 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". [4] [5]
  2. Primarily Tatars. [7]

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References

  1. Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 176–183.
  3. 1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  4. Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  5. Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  6. Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 222–229.
  7. Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

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