Yeysky otdel

Yeysky otdel
Ейскій отдѣлъ
Yeysky otdel Ейскій отдѣлъ
Otdel
	Location in the Kuban Oblast
Country	Russian Empire
Viceroyalty	Caucasus
Oblast	Kuban
Established	1869
Abolished	1924
Capital	Umanskaya; (present-day Leningradskaya)
Area
• Total	13,802.24 km2 (5,329.07 sq mi)
Population (1916)
• Total	384,846
• Density	28/km2 (72/sq mi)
• Urban	11.63%
• Rural	88.37%

Last updated December 29, 2022

The Yeysky otdel^{[lower-alpha 1]} was a Cossack district ( otdel ) of the Kuban Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Don Host Oblast to the north, the Black Sea to the west, the Kavkazsky otdel to the south, and the Stavropol Governorate to the east. The area of the Yeysky otdel included most of the contemporary Krasnodar Krai region of Russia. The administrative capital was the city of Umanskaya (present-day Leningradskaya).^[1]

Administrative divisions

The subcounties ( uchastoks ) of the Yeysky otdel in 1912 were as follows:^[2]

Uchastok	Russian name	1912 population
1st	1-й участокъ	75,450
2nd	2-й участокъ	100,354
3rd	3-й участокъ	72,463

Demographics

Russian Empire census (1897)

According to the Russian Empire census of 1897, the Yeysky otdel had a population of 277,300, including 140,344 men and 136,956 women. The majority of the population indicated Ukrainian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Russian speaking minority.^[3]

Linguistic composition of the Yeysky otdel in 1897^[3]
Language	Native speakers	%
Ukrainian	205,063	73.95
Russian	65,449	23.60
German	1,952	0.70
Belarusian	1,303	0.47
Armenian	936	0.34
Latvian	702	0.25
Tatar^{[lower-alpha 2]}	508	0.18
Polish	295	0.11
Romani	285	0.10
Kalmyk	208	0.08
Greek	198	0.07
Georgian	84	0.03
Turkish	78	0.03
Jewish	76	0.03
Czech	30	0.01
Lithuanian	23	0.01
Avar-Andean	14	0.01
Romanian	14	0.01
Bulgarian	11	0.00
Mordovian	11	0.00
Persian	9	0.00
Kyurin	8	0.00
Kabardian	6	0.00
Bashkir	4	0.00
Kumyk	2	0.00
Ossetian	2	0.00
Circassian	1	0.00
Estonian	1	0.00
Other	27	0.01
TOTAL	277,300	100.00

Caucasian Calendar (1917)

According to the 1917 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the Yeysky otdel had 384,846 residents in 1916, including 191,196 men and 193,650 women, 360,038 of whom were the permanent population, and 24,808 were temporary residents:^[4]

Nationality	Urban		Rural		TOTAL
Nationality	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Russians ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	43,950	98.18	338,119	99.42	382,069	99.28
Other Europeans	252	0.56	1,378	0.41	1,630	0.42
Armenians	381	0.85	389	0.11	770	0.20
Shia Muslims ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	86	0.19	86	0.03	172	0.04
Sunni Muslims ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	60	0.13	60	0.02	120	0.03
Jews	36	0.08	35	0.01	71	0.02
North Caucasians	0	0.00	8	0.00	8	0.00
Roma	0	0.00	6	0.00	6	0.00
TOTAL	44,765	100.00	340,081	100.00	384,846	100.00

Notes

↑
- Russian: Е́йскій отдѣ́лъ, romanized: Yéysky otdél
- Ukrainian: Єйський відділ, romanized: Yeyskyy viddil
↑ Later known as Azerbaijani.
↑ The Caucasian Calendar did not distinguish between Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.
↑ Primarily Tatars,^[5] later known as Azerbaijanis.^[6]
↑ Primarily Turco-Tatars.^[5]

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References

↑ Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088.
↑ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. pp. 176–183. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.
1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
↑ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. pp. 222–229. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.
1 2 Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.
↑ Bournoutian 2015, p. 35.

Bibliography

Bournoutian, George (2015). "Demographic Changes in the Southwest Caucasus, 1604–1830: The Case of Historical Eastern Armenia". Forum of EthnoGeoPolitics. Amsterdam. 3 (2).
Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-01805-2.

Coordinates: 46°19′N39°23′E / 46.317°N 39.383°E / 46.317; 39.383

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[1] 
Russian: Е́йскій отдѣ́лъ, romanized: Yéysky otdél
Ukrainian: Єйський відділ, romanized: Yeyskyy viddil

[mwAUo] Russian: Е́йскій отдѣ́лъ, romanized: Yéysky otdél

[mwAVM] Ukrainian: Єйський відділ, romanized: Yeyskyy viddil

[5] Later known as Azerbaijani.

[7] The Caucasian Calendar did not distinguish between Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.

[10] Primarily Tatars,^[5] later known as Azerbaijanis.^[6]

[11] Primarily Turco-Tatars.^[5]

[:0-2] Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088.

[3] Кавказский календарь на 1913 год [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. pp. 176–183. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.

[:1-4] 1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-17.

[6] Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. pp. 222–229. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.

[FOOTNOTEHovannisian197167-8] 1 2 Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

[FOOTNOTEBournoutian201535-9] Bournoutian 2015, p. 35.

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