Novorossiysky okrug

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Novorossiysky okrug
Новороссійскій округъ
Okrug
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Coat of arms
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Location in the Black Sea Governorate
Country Russian Empire
Viceroyalty Caucasus
Governorate Black Sea
Established1849
Abolished1917
Capital Novorossiysk
Area
 • Total1,137.07 km2 (439.03 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total75,021
 • Density66/km2 (170/sq mi)
 •  Urban
68.85%
 •  Rural
31.15%

The Novorossiysky okrug [lower-alpha 1] was a district ( okrug ) of the Black Sea Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Kuban Oblast to the north, the Tuapsinsky okrug to the east, and the Black Sea to the south. The area of the Novorossiysky okrug mostly corresponds to the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Novorossiysk. [1]

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Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Novorossiysky okrug had a population of 34,908 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 21,380 men and 13,528 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Ukrainian and Greek speaking minorities. [2]

Linguistic composition of the Novorossiysky okrug in 1897
LanguageNative speakers%
Russian 19,29255.27
Ukrainian 5,84216.74
Greek 3,50210.03
Czech 1,0092.89
Jewish 9662.77
Armenian 7392.12
Polish 5991.72
Belarusian 5841.67
German 5001.43
Tatar [lower-alpha 2] 2600.74
Georgian 2560.73
Turkish 2380.68
Estonian 1900.54
Romanian 1660.48
Persian 990.28
Imeretian 710.20
Mingrelian 200.06
Circassian 140.04
Other5611.61
TOTAL34,908100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar , the Novorossiysky okrug had a population of 75,021 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 41,919 men and 33,102 women, 37,544 of whom were the permanent population, and 37,477 were temporary residents: [5]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number%Number%Number%
Russians 44,29585.7616,90772.3461,20281.58
Other Europeans 4,1708.076,03225.8110,20213.60
Jews 1,6343.1690.041,6432.19
Armenians 7901.533191.361,1091.48
North Caucasians 4000.77940.404940.66
Shia Muslims [lower-alpha 3] 3620.7010.003630.48
Asiatic Christians 00.0080.0380.01
TOTAL51,651100.0023,370100.0075,021100.00

Notes

  1. ↑
    • Russian: Новороссíйскій о́кругъ, romanized: Novorossíysky ókrug
  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". [3] [4]
  3. ↑ Primarily Tatars. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. ↑ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  3. ↑ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  4. ↑ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  5. ↑ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 214–217.
  6. ↑ Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

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