Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug

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Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug
Темир-Хан-Шуринский округ
Okrug
Temir-Khan-Shura Okrug of Dagestan Oblast.png
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
Country Russian Empire
Viceroyalty Caucasus
Oblast Dagestan
Established1867
Abolished1922
CapitalTemir-Khan-Shura
(present-day Buynaksk)
Area
 • Total6,218.38 km2 (2,400.93 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total136,234
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
 •  Urban
28.48%
 •  Rural
71.52%

The Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug [a] was a district ( okrug ) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Temir-Khan-Shura (present-day Buynaksk). [1]

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Administrative divisions

The prefectures (участки, uchastki ) of the Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug in 1917 were: [2] [3]

Name1912 populationArea
Dzhengutayevskiy prefecture (Дженгутаевский участок)33,330720.86 square versts (820.38  km2 ; 316.75  sq mi )
Tarkinskiy prefecture (Таркинский участок)9,8421,866.78 square versts (2,124.51  km2 ; 820.28  sq mi )
Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy prefecture (Темир-Хан-Шуринский участок)23,1741,134.87 square versts (1,291.55  km2 ; 498.67  sq mi )
Chir-Yurtovskiy prefecture (Чиръ-Юртовский участок)5,3121,741.50 square versts (1,981.94  km2 ; 765.23  sq mi )
Tsrist. prom. Kut. (Црист. пром. Кут.)1,613–
Pom. N.-ka Tarkin. prefecture (Пом. Н.-ка Таркин. участок)15,036–

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug had a population of 97,348 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 54,052 men and 43,296 women. The majority of the population indicated Kumyk to be their mother tongue, with significant Avar-Andean, Dargin, and Russian speaking minorities. [4]

Linguistic composition of the Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug in 1897 [4]
LanguageNative speakers%
Kumyk 49,73051.08
Avar-Andean 15,19415.61
Dargin 9,7249.99
Russian 9,6239.89
Jewish 2,7872.86
Nogai 1,9081.96
Ukrainian 1,7501.80
Persian 1,6311.68
Tatar [b] 1,2611.30
Polish 1,0241.05
Armenian 9160.94
Kazi-Kumukh 5880.60
Georgian 2410.25
Lithuanian 2340.24
German 1890.19
Chechen 440.05
Belarusian 190.02
Kyurin 150.02
Tat 40.00
Other4660.48
TOTAL97,348100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar , the Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug had a population of 136,234 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 72,367 men and 63,867 women, 100,896 of whom were the permanent population, and 35,338 were temporary residents: [7]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number%Number%Number%
Sunni Muslims [c] 760.2090,84093.2490,91666.74
Russians 19,47850.195,5225.6725,00018.35
North Caucasians 7,10918.3200.007,1095.22
Jews 5,03412.978480.875,8824.32
Shia Muslims [d] 3,3448.621850.193,5292.59
Armenians 2,0645.32220.022,0861.53
Asiatic Christians 7852.0200.007850.58
Other Europeans 7361.90120.017480.55
Georgians 1790.4600.001790.13
TOTAL38,805100.0097,429100.00136,234100.00

Notes

  1. ↑ Russian: Темир-Хан-Шуринский округ, pre-reform orthography : Темир-Хан-Шуринскій округъ [tʲɪmʲɪrxanʂʊrʲɪnskʲɪjɐkrʊk]
  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 Turco-Tatars. [8]
  4. ↑ 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. 1 2 Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

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