Khasavyurtovsky okrug

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Khasavyurtovsky okrug
Хасавюртовскій округъ
Okrug
Khasavyurt Okrug of Terek Oblast.png
Location in the Terek Oblast
Country Russian Empire
Viceroyalty Caucasus
Oblast Terek
Established1869
Abolished1928
Capital Khasavyurt
Area
 • Total5,348.05 km2 (2,064.89 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total87,654
 • Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
 •  Rural
100.00%

The Khasavyurtovsky okrug [lower-alpha 1] was a district ( okrug ) of the Terek Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Khasavyurtovsky okrug made up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Khasavyurt. [1]

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Administrative divisions

The subcounties ( uchastoks ) of the Khasavyurtovsky okrug were as follows: [2]

Name1912 population
1-y uchastok (1-й участокъ)23,148
2-y uchastok (2-й участокъ)20,368
3-y uchastok (3-й участокъ)22,355

History

Soil map of the Khasavyurtovsky okrug Khasaviurtovskii okrug (karta 1).jpg
Soil map of the Khasavyurtovsky okrug

The formation of the Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1921 raised the question of the fate of the Khasavyurtovsky okrug, which was part of the Terek oblast. There were two main nationalities living in the district – Kumyks and Chechens. In March 1921, when the desire of the Kumyks to join the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic became obvious, and the Chechens-Aukhovites — to the Mountain ASSR (which includes Chechnya), the problem arose of dividing the Khasavyurtovsky okrug between two neighboring autonomies: Mountain and Dagestan ASSRs. However, this option didn't suit the Chechens-Aukhovites. As a result, the congress of the Aukhovites, without making a concrete decision on the issue of joining the Mountain or Dagestan ASSR, limited itself to the demand of the Aukhovites in any case to preserve the Khasavyurtovsky okrug as a separate administrative unit. This was interpreted by the Khasavyurtovsky Revkom as the Aukhovites staying in the Khasavyurtovsky okrug as part of the Dagestan ASSR. This interpretation was actually supported by the commander of the Caucasian Labour Army, V. S. Muromtsev, who headed the commission for the establishment of borders between Dagestan and the Mountain ASSR. The statement of the Aukhov delegation made on 12 April 1921 in Vladikavkaz about the desire to join the Mountain ASSR was ignored. The annexation of the Khasavyurtovsky okrug to Dagestan was finalised in September 1921. [3]

Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician Sergei Kirov wrote the following to Dagestan regarding the accession of the Khasavyurt district:

And when the democracy of the Terek region posed these questions close to the landlords, the Kumyk princes, for example, try to connect the Khasavyurtov district to Dagestan in order to preserve the land and position. And I will say more: the enemies of the people are ready to attach one or another area not only to Dagestan, but to any remote province or even the state in order to save their lands and their wealth. And every speaker that these issues do not need to be resolved, plays a stronger to those gentlemen who do not want to part with their lands and economies with the help of any means. [4]

— Sergei Kirov

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Khasavyurtovsky okrug had a population of 70,800 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 37,895 men and 32,905 women. The majority of the population indicated Kumyk to be their mother tongue, with significant Chechen, Avar-Andean, and Nogai speaking minorities. [5]

Linguistic composition of the Khasavyurtovsky okrug in 1897 [5]
LanguageNative speakers%
Kumyk 26,10836.88
Chechen 18,12725.60
Avar-Andean 13,68319.33
Nogai 4,0005.65
Russian 3,1884.50
Jewish 1,7382.45
Tatar [lower-alpha 2] 1,3061.84
Ukrainian 1,2841.81
Persian 2580.36
Polish 2310.33
Dargin 2090.30
Kazi-Kumukh 1470.21
German 1450.20
Lithuanian 910.13
Armenian 760.11
Belarusian 650.09
Georgian 340.05
Kabardian 170.02
Ossetian 170.02
Circassian 130.02
Greek 60.01
Bashkir 40.01
Imeretian 40.01
Kalmyk 30.00
Karachay 30.00
Ingush 10.00
Romanian 10.00
Turkmen 10.00
Other400.06
TOTAL70,800100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar , the Khasavyurtovsky okrug had a population of 87,654 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 46,030 men and 41,624 women, 76,141 of whom were the permanent population, and 11,513 were temporary residents: [8]

NationalityNumber%
North Caucasians 61,64070.32
Russians 17,85920.37
Other Europeans 6,1557.02
Jews 1,9132.18
Armenians 870.10
TOTAL87,654100.00

Notes

  1. ↑
    • Russian: Хасавюрто́вскій о́кругъ, romanized: Khasavyurtóvsky ókrug
    • Chechen: Хаси-Эвлан гуо
  2. ↑ Prior to 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". [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. ↑ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 180–187.
  3. ↑ Akhmadov, Ya. Z.; Khasmagomadov, E. Kh. (2005). История Чечни в XIX—XX веках[The history of Chechnya in the XIX–XX centuries] (in Russian). Moscow: M.: Puls. p. 690. ISBN   5-93486-046-1.
  4. ↑ Kirov, Sergei (1939). Избранные статьи и речи, 1912–1934 [Selected articles and speeches, 1912–1934]. Moscow: Gospolitizdat. pp. 122–123 & 699.
  5. 1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  6. ↑ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  7. ↑ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  8. ↑ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 226–237.

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