Kizlyarsky otdel

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Kizlyarsky otdel
Килярскій отдѣлъ
Kizlyar Otdel of Terek Oblast.png
Location in the Terek Oblast
Country Russian Empire
Viceroyalty Caucasus
Oblast Terek
Established1785
Abolished1924
Capital Grozny [1]
Area
  Total5,756.56 km2 (2,222.62 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
  Total136,749
  Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
   Urban
11.81%
   Rural
88.19%

The Kizlyarsky otdel [lower-alpha 1] was a Cossack district ( otdel ) of the Terek oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Kizlyarsky otdel makes up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Kizlyar. [2] [ page needed ]

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Administrative divisions

The subcounties ( uchastoks ) of the Kizlyarsky otdel were as follows: [3]

Name1912 population
1-y uchastok (1-й участок)15,007
2-y uchastok (2-й участок)28,325
3-y uchastok (3-й участок)19,194
4-y uchastok (4-й участок)35,290

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kizlyarsky otdel had a population of 102,395 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 53,605 men and 48,790 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Nogai speaking minority. [4]

Linguistic composition of the Kizlyarsky otdel in 1897 [4]
LanguageNative speakers%
Russian 53,78552.53
Nogai 31,65030.91
Armenian 4,6814.57
Ukrainian 4,1394.04
Kalmyk 1,4171.38
Georgian 1,0301.01
Turkmen 1,0291.00
Kumyk 9880.96
Tatar [lower-alpha 2] 9550.93
Chechen 8640.84
Dargin 5710.56
Persian 2330.23
Kazi-Kumukh 1950.19
Polish 1770.17
German 1130.11
Romani 1070.10
Ossetian 1050.10
Jewish 1040.10
Avar-Andean 1010.10
Ingush 410.04
Circassian 130.01
Greek 130.01
Belarusian 80.01
Romanian 80.01
Kabardian 70.01
Lithuanian 70.01
Imeretian 20.00
Karachay 20.00
Other500.05
TOTAL102,395100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar , the Kizlyarsky otdel had a population of 136,749 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 71,901 men and 64,848 women, 119,287 of whom were the permanent population, and 17,462 were temporary residents: [7]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number%Number%Number%
Russians 6,52240.3886,77471.9593,29668.22
Sunni Muslims [lower-alpha 3] 00.0028,29423.4628,29420.69
Armenians 6,20338.419980.837,2015.27
Shia Muslims [lower-alpha 4] 6874.252,7452.283,4322.51
North Caucasians 1,72610.696910.572,4171.77
Georgians 4382.717460.621,1840.87
Jews 4202.601520.135720.42
Other Europeans 1550.961980.163530.26
TOTAL16,151100.00120,598100.00136,749100.00

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". [5] [6]
  2. Primarily Turco-Tatars. [8]
  3. Primarily Tatars. [8]

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References

  1. Кавказский календарь на 1911 год, col. 177.
  2. Tsutsiev 2014.
  3. Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 180–187.
  4. 1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  5. Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  6. Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  7. Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 226–237.
  8. 1 2 Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

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