Kaytago-Tabasaranskiy okrug

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Kaitago-Tabasaranskiy okrug
Кайтаго-Табасаранский округ
Okrug
Kaitag-Tabasaran Okrug of Dagestan Oblast.png
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
Country Russian Empire
Viceroyalty Caucasus
Oblast Dagestan
Established1860
Abolished1928
Capital Madzhalis
Area
 • Total3,296.44 km2 (1,272.76 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total82,154
 • Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
 •  Urban
27.50%
 •  Rural
72.50%

The Kaytago-Tabasaranskiy okrug [lower-alpha 1] was a district ( okrug ) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Kaytago-Tabasaranskiy okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Madzhalis. [1]

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Administrative divisions

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

Name1912 populationArea
Nizhne-Kaytagskiy prefecture (Нижне-Кайтагский участок)20,1471,151.50 square versts (1,310.48  km2 ; 505.98  sq mi )
Severo-Tabasaranskiy prefecture (Северо-Табасаранский участок)26,481977.86 square versts (1,112.87  km2 ; 429.68  sq mi )
Urkarakhskiy prefecture (Уркарахский участок)32,474767.18 square versts (873.10  km2 ; 337.11  sq mi )

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kaytago-Tabasaranskiy okrug had a population of 91,021 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 48,284 men and 42,737 women. The plurality of the population indicated Dargin to be their mother tongue, with significant Tatar [lower-alpha 2] and Kazikumukh speaking minorities. [6]

Linguistic composition of the Kaytago-Tabasaranskiy okrug in 1897 [6]
LanguageNative speakers%
Dargin 33,18636.46
Tatar [lower-alpha 2] 28,97531.83
Kazi-Kumukh 17,67819.42
Jewish 3,9654.36
Russian 2,2552.48
Kumyk 1,0351.14
Ukrainian 7900.87
Armenian 6650.73
Avar-Andean 6280.69
Tat 5200.57
Polish 4150.46
Kyurin 3500.38
Lithuanian 2490.27
Persian 860.09
German 520.06
Georgian 410.05
Belarusian 180.02
Nogai 10.00
Other1120.12
TOTAL91,021100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar , the Kaytago-Tabasaranskiy okrug had a population of 113,322 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 61,849 men and 51,473 women, 98,837 of whom were the permanent population, and 14,485 were temporary residents: [7]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number%Number%Number%
North Caucasians 5,13816.4878,97896.1384,11674.23
Russians 7,56724.281,5801.929,1478.07
Jews 6,87922.071,3161.608,1957.23
Shia Muslims [lower-alpha 3] 7,91925.411930.238,1127.16
Armenians 2,6048.35370.052,6412.33
Sunni Muslims [lower-alpha 4] 1,0613.4000.001,0610.94
Other Europeans 00.00500.06500.04
TOTAL31,168100.0082,154100.00113,322100.00

Notes

  1. ↑ Russian: Кайтаго-Табасаранский округ, pre-reform orthography : Кайтаго-Табасаранскій округъ [kəjtəɡətəbəsərənskʲɪjɐkrʊk]
  2. 1 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". [4] [5]
  3. ↑ Primarily Tatars. [8]
  4. ↑ Primarily Turco-Tatars. [8]

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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. ↑ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  5. ↑ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  6. 1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  7. ↑ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 186–193.
  8. 1 2 Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

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