Samurskiy okrug

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Samurskiy okrug
Самурский округ
Samur Okrug of Dagestan Oblast.png
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
Country Russian Empire
Viceroyalty Caucasus
Oblast Dagestan
Established1839
Abolished1928
Capital Akhty
Area
  Total3,708.80 km2 (1,431.98 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
  Total71,556
  Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
   Rural
100.00%

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

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Administrative divisions

The subcounties ( uchastoks ) of the Samurskiy okrug were as follows: [2]

Name1912 population
Akhtyparinskiy uchastok (Ахтыпаринский участок)29,309
Dokuzparinskiy uchastok (Докузпаринский участок)21,489
Luchekskiy uchastok (Лучекский участок)19,042

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Samurskiy okrug had a population of 35,633 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 15,284 men and 20,349 women. The majority of the population indicated Lezgin ("Kyurin") to be their mother tongue. [3]

Linguistic composition of the Samurskiy okrug in 1897 [3]
LanguageNative speakers%
Lezgian 33,96595.32
Kazi-Kumukh 5151.45
Tatar [lower-alpha 2] 3791.06
Kumyk 3460.97
Avar-Andean 1740.49
Russian 1030.29
Dargin 630.18
Polish 440.12
Lithuanian 130.04
Georgian 70.02
Armenian 30.01
Jewish 30.01
German 10.00
Other170.05
TOTAL35,633100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar , the Samurskiy okrug had a population of 71,556 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 37,486 men and 34,070 women, 71,193 of whom were the permanent population, and 363 were temporary residents: [6]

NationalityNumber%
North Caucasians 68,43295.63
Shia Muslims [lower-alpha 3] 2,7613.86
Russians 3060.43
Other Europeans 490.07
Armenians 70.01
Jews 10.00
TOTAL71,556100.00

Notes

  1. Russian: Самурский округ, pre-reform orthography : Самурскій округъ [səmʊrskʲɪjɐkrʊk]
  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". [4] [5]
  3. Primarily Tatars. [7]

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References

  1. Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 144–151.
  3. 1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  4. Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  5. Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  6. Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 186–193.
  7. Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

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