Kyurinskiy okrug

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Kyurinskiy okrug
Кюринский округ
Okrug
Kiura Okrug of Dagestan Oblast.png
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
Country Russian Empire
Viceroyalty Caucasus
Oblast Dagestan
Established1865
Abolished1928
Capital Kasumkent
Area
 • Total3,490.27 km2 (1,347.60 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total117,218
 • Density34/km2 (87/sq mi)
 •  Rural
100.00%

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

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Administrative divisions

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

Name1912 populationArea
Gyuneyskiy prefecture (Гюнейский участок)21,162673.73 square versts (766.75  km2 ; 296.04  sq mi )
Kurakhskiy prefecture (Курахский участок)16,6621,020.66 square versts (1,161.57  km2 ; 448.49  sq mi )
Kutur-Kyurinskiy prefecture (Кутур-Кюринский участок)20,938434.06 square versts (493.99  km2 ; 190.73  sq mi )
Yuzhno-Tabasaranskiy prefecture (Южно-Табасаранский участок)20,023610.10 square versts (694.33  km2 ; 268.08  sq mi )
Ulusskiy magal (Улусский магал)2,688328.30 square versts (373.63  km2 ; 144.26  sq mi )

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kyurinskiy okrug had a population of 77,680 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 39,039 men and 38,641 women. The majority of the population indicated Kyurin to be their mother tongue, with a significant Kazi-Kumukh speaking minority. [4]

Linguistic composition of the Kyurinskiy okrug in 1897 [4]
LanguageNative speakers%
Kyurin 59,30976.35
Kazi-Kumukh 13,69417.63
Tat 2,4663.17
Tatar [lower-alpha 2] 1,3211.70
Jewish 5300.68
Russian 1780.23
Avar-Andean 500.06
Dargin 450.06
Armenian 160.02
Ukrainian 130.02
Georgian 120.02
Kumyk 50.01
Persian 20.00
Polish 20.00
Chechen 10.00
German 10.00
Lithuanian 10.00
Other340.04
TOTAL77,680100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar , the Kyurinskiy okrug had a population of 86,050 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 44,712 men and 41,338 women, 84,965 of whom were the permanent population, and 1,085 were temporary residents: [7]

NationalityNumber%
North Caucasians 81,03794.17
Jews 3,2013.72
Shia Muslims [lower-alpha 3] 1,2131.41
Russians 5910.69
Other Europeans 50.01
Armenians 30.00
TOTAL86,050100.00

Notes

  1. ↑ Russian: Кюринский округ, pre-reform orthography : Кюринскій округъ [kʲʉrʲɪnskʲɪjɐkrʊk]
  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]
  3. ↑ Primarily 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. 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.
  8. ↑ Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

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