Vladikavkazsky okrug

*Vladikavkazsky okrug*
Владикавказскій округъ
Vladikavkazsky okrug Владикавказскій округъ
Okrug
	Location in the Terek Oblast
Country	Russian Empire
Viceroyalty	Caucasus
Oblast	Terek
Established	1870
Abolished	1920
Capital	Vladikavkaz
Area
• Total	5,716.60 km2 (2,207.19 sq mi)
Population (1916)
• Total	207,742
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
• Urban	35.26%
• Rural	64.74%

Last updated October 22, 2024

The Vladikavkazsky okrug^{[lower-alpha 1]} was a district ( okrug ) of the Terek Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Vladikavkazsky okrug made up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Vladikavkaz.^[1]

Administrative divisions

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

Name	1912 population
1-y uchastok (1-й участокъ)	26,460
2-y uchastok (2-й участокъ)	25,632
3-y uchastok (3-й участокъ)	61,047

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Vladikavkazsky okrug had a population of 134,947 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 70,514 men and 64,433 women. The majority of the population indicated Ossetian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Russian speaking minority.^[3]

Linguistic composition of the Vladikavkazsky *okrug* in 1897^[3]
Language	Native speakers	%
Ossetian	88,265	65.41
Russian	31,205	23.12
Georgian	3,298	2.44
Armenian	2,093	1.55
German	1,673	1.24
Polish	1,511	1.12
Ukrainian	1,439	1.07
Jewish	1,059	0.78
Persian	822	0.61
Ingush	733	0.54
Imeretian	643	0.48
Greek	502	0.37
Tatar^{[lower-alpha 2]}	366	0.27
Lithuanian	213	0.16
Kumyk	160	0.12
Kazi-Kumukh	121	0.09
Kabardian	109	0.08
Chechen	93	0.07
Dargin	57	0.04
Romanian	55	0.04
Avar-Andean	50	0.04
Circassian	46	0.03
Belarusian	41	0.03
Bashkir	32	0.02
Nogai	6	0.00
Romani	3	0.00
Turkmen	3	0.00
Karachay	2	0.00
Kalmyk	1	0.00
Other	346	0.26
TOTAL	134,947	100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar , the Vladikavkazsky okrug had a population of 207,742 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 106,645 men and 101,097 women, 160,280 of whom were the permanent population, and 47,462 were temporary residents:^[6]

Nationality	Urban		Rural		TOTAL
Nationality	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
North Caucasians	8,539	11.66	129,632	96.38	138,171	66.51
Russians	46,876	64.00	1,912	1.42	48,788	23.48
Armenians	8,326	11.37	60	0.04	8,386	4.04
Other Europeans	6,139	8.38	1,221	0.91	7,360	3.54
Shia Muslims ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	2,463	3.36	0	0.00	2,463	1.19
Georgians	0	0.00	1,674	1.24	1,674	0.81
Jews	798	1.09	0	0.00	798	0.38
Roma	102	0.14	0	0.00	102	0.05
TOTAL	73,243	100.00	134,499	100.00	207,742	100.00

Notes

↑
- Russian: Владикавка́зский о́круг, pre-reform orthography : Владикавка́зскій о́кругъ, romanized: Vladikavkázsky ókrug
↑ 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]
↑ Primarily Tatars.^[7]

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References

↑ Tsutsiev 2014.
↑ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 180–187.
1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
↑ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
↑ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
↑ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 226–237.
↑ Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

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Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia: The First Year, 1918–1919. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520019843.
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Russian: Владикавка́зский о́круг, pre-reform orthography : Владикавка́зскій о́кругъ, romanized: Vladikavkázsky ókrug

[mwAVU] Russian: Владикавка́зский о́круг, pre-reform orthography : Владикавка́зскій о́кругъ, romanized: Vladikavkázsky ókrug

[Caucasian_Tatars-7] 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]

[10] Primarily Tatars.^[7]

[FOOTNOTETsutsiev2014-2] Tsutsiev 2014.

[FOOTNOTEКавказский_календарь_на_1913_год180–187-3] Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 180–187.

[:1-4] 1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-09.

[FOOTNOTEBournoutian201835_(note_25)-5] Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).

[FOOTNOTETsutsiev201450-6] Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.

[FOOTNOTEКавказский_календарь_на_1917_год226–237-8] Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 226–237.

[FOOTNOTEHovannisian197167-9] Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

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Vladikavkazsky okrug Владикавказскій округъ
Okrug
Location in the Terek Oblast
Country	Russian Empire
Viceroyalty	Caucasus
Oblast	Terek
Established	1870
Abolished	1920
Capital	Vladikavkaz
Area
• Total	5,716.60 km² (2,207.19 sq mi)
Population (1916)
• Total	207,742
• Density	36/km² (94/sq mi)
• Urban	35.26%
• Rural	64.74%