Nalchiksky okrug Нальчикскій округъ | |
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Country | Russian Empire |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Oblast | Terek |
Established | 1882 |
Abolished | 1921 |
Capital | Nalchik |
Area | |
• Total | 11,902.25 km2 (4,595.48 sq mi) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 180,534 |
• Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
• Rural | 100.00% |
The Nalchiksky okrug [lower-alpha 1] was a district ( okrug ) of the Terek Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Nalchiksky okrug made up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Nalchik. [1]
The subcounties ( uchastoks ) of the Nalchiksky okrug were as follows: [2]
Name | 1912 population |
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1-y uchastok (1-й участок) | 45,902 |
2-y uchastok (2-й участок) | 26,735 |
3-y uchastok (3-й участок) | 40,296 |
4-y uchastok (4-й участок) | 21,755 |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Nalchiksky okrug had a population of 102,908 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 53,203 men and 49,705 women. The majority of the population indicated Kabardian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Tatar [lower-alpha 2] speaking minority. [5]
Language | Native speakers | % |
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Kabardian | 64,746 | 62.92 |
Tatar [lower-alpha 2] | 23,184 | 22.53 |
Russian | 4,811 | 4.68 |
Ukrainian | 4,745 | 4.61 |
Ossetian | 2,728 | 2.65 |
Jewish | 1,108 | 1.08 |
German | 973 | 0.95 |
Kumyk | 116 | 0.11 |
Georgian | 105 | 0.10 |
Armenian | 87 | 0.08 |
Polish | 61 | 0.06 |
Persian | 40 | 0.04 |
Ingush | 36 | 0.03 |
Kazi-Kumukh | 30 | 0.03 |
Belarusian | 16 | 0.02 |
Romani | 16 | 0.02 |
Avar-Andean | 6 | 0.01 |
Karachay | 6 | 0.01 |
Lithuanian | 6 | 0.01 |
Chechen | 4 | 0.00 |
Bashkir | 3 | 0.00 |
Nogai | 3 | 0.00 |
Circassian | 2 | 0.00 |
Romanian | 1 | 0.00 |
Other | 75 | 0.07 |
TOTAL | 102,908 | 100.00 |
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar , the Nalchiksky okrug had a population of 180,534 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 95,010 men and 85,524 women, 163,765 of whom were the permanent population, and 16,769 were temporary residents: [6]
Nationality | Number | % |
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North Caucasians | 134,390 | 74.44 |
Russians | 37,810 | 20.94 |
Other Europeans | 5,299 | 2.94 |
Roma | 1,660 | 0.92 |
Jews | 1,025 | 0.57 |
Armenians | 350 | 0.19 |
TOTAL | 180,534 | 100.00 |
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