Labinsky otdel

Labinsky otdel
Лабинскій отдѣлъ
Labinsky otdel Лабинскій отдѣлъ
Otdel
	Location in the Kuban Oblast
Country	Russian Empire
Viceroyalty	Caucasus
Oblast	Kuban
Established	1888
Abolished	1924
Capital	Armavir
Area
• Total	6,737.26 km2 (2,601.27 sq mi)
Population (1916)
• Total	518,774
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
• Urban	9.04%
• Rural	90.96%

Last updated December 29, 2022

The Labinsky otdel^{[lower-alpha 1]} was a Cossack district ( otdel ) of the Kuban Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Kavkazsky otdel to the north, the Maykopsky otdel to the west, the Batalpashinsky otdel to the south, and the Stavropol Governorate to the east. The area of the Labinsky otdel mostly corresponded to the contemporary Krasnodar Krai region of the Russian Federation. The administrative capital of the district was the city of Armavir.^[1]

Administrative divisions

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

Uchastok	Russian name	1912 population
1st	1-й участокъ	37,897
2nd	2-й участокъ	65,810
3rd	3-й участокъ	58,973
4th	4-й участокъ	62,311

Demographics

Russian Empire census (1897)

According to the Russian Empire census of 1897, the Labinsky otdel had a population of 305,733, including 154,396 men and 151,337 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ukrainian speaking minority.^[3]

Linguistic composition of the Labinsky otdel in 1897^[3]
Language	Native speakers	%
Russian	229,954	75.21
Ukrainian	57,850	18.92
German	5,870	1.92
Armenian	5,162	1.69
Belarusian	3,881	1.27
Greek	453	0.15
Romanian	375	0.12
Polish	380	0.12
Circassian	302	0.10
Tatar^{[lower-alpha 2]}	286	0.09
Romani	243	0.08
Georgian	132	0.04
Czech	97	0.03
Turkish	93	0.03
Bulgarian	86	0.03
Jewish	85	0.03
Mordovian	85	0.03
Kalmyk	59	0.02
Nogai	58	0.02
Persian	40	0.01
Lithuanian	39	0.01
Ossetian	25	0.01
Estonian	21	0.01
Kazi-Kumukh	16	0.01
Kabardian	14	0.00
Avar-Andean	13	0.00
Latvian	12	0.00
Abkhaz	8	0.00
Kumyk	8	0.00
Kyurin	7	0.00
Karachay	3	0.00
Other	76	0.02
TOTAL	305,733	100.00

Caucasian Calendar (1917)

According to the 1917 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the Labinsky otdel had 518,774 residents in 1916, including 260,553 men and 258,221 women, 283,586 of whom were the permanent population, and 235,188 were temporary residents:^[4]

Nationality	Urban		Rural		TOTAL
Nationality	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Russians ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	35,185	75.06	464,999	98.54	500,184	96.42
Armenians	8,415	17.95	735	0.16	9,150	1.76
Other Europeans	3,074	6.56	5,861	1.24	8,935	1.72
North Caucasians	192	0.41	214	0.05	406	0.08
Roma	0	0.00	57	0.01	57	0.01
Jews	7	0.00	20	0.00	27	0.01
Shia Muslims ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	0	0.00	5	0.00	5	0.00
Georgians	0	0.00	6	0.00	6	0.00
Asiatic Christians	0	0.00	2	0.00	2	0.00
Sunni Muslims ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	0	0.00	2	0.00	2	0.00
TOTAL	46,873	100.00	471,901	100.00	518,774	100.00

Notes

↑
- Russian: Лаби́нскій отдѣ́лъ, romanized: Labínsky otdél
↑ Later known as Azerbaijani.
↑ The Caucasian Calendar did not distinguish between Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.
↑ Primarily Tatars,^[5] later known as Azerbaijanis.^[6]
↑ Primarily Turco-Tatars.^[5]

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References

↑ Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088.
↑ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. pp. 176–183. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.
1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
↑ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. pp. 222–229. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.
1 2 Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.
↑ Bournoutian 2015, p. 35.

Bibliography

Bournoutian, George (2015). "Demographic Changes in the Southwest Caucasus, 1604–1830: The Case of Historical Eastern Armenia". Forum of EthnoGeoPolitics. Amsterdam. 3 (2).
Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-01805-2.

Coordinates: 45°00′N41°07′E / 45.000°N 41.117°E / 45.000; 41.117

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[1] 
Russian: Лаби́нскій отдѣ́лъ, romanized: Labínsky otdél

[mwAW8] Russian: Лаби́нскій отдѣ́лъ, romanized: Labínsky otdél

[5] Later known as Azerbaijani.

[7] The Caucasian Calendar did not distinguish between Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.

[10] Primarily Tatars,^[5] later known as Azerbaijanis.^[6]

[11] Primarily Turco-Tatars.^[5]

[:0-2] Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088.

[3] Кавказский календарь на 1913 год [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. pp. 176–183. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.

[:1-4] 1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-17.

[6] Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. pp. 222–229. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.

[FOOTNOTEHovannisian197167-8] 1 2 Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

[FOOTNOTEBournoutian201535-9] Bournoutian 2015, p. 35.

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