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Kavkazsky otdel

Coordinates: 45°27′N 40°41′E / 45.450°N 40.683°E / 45.450; 40.683
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Kavkazsky otdel
Кавказскій отдѣлъ
Location in the Kuban Oblast
Location in the Kuban Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
OblastKuban
Established1876
Abolished1924
CapitalKavkazskaya
Area
 • Total15,866.18 km2 (6,125.97 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total462,235
 • Density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
 • Rural
100.00%

The Kavkazsky otdel[a] was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Kuban oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Yeysky otdel to the north, the Tamansky otdel to the west, the Yekaterinodarsky and Maykopsky otdels to the south, and the Stavropol Governorate to the east. The area of the Kavkazsky otdel mostly corresponded to the contemporary Krasnodar Krai region of the Russian Federation. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Kavkazskaya.[1]

Administrative divisions

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

Name 1912 population
1-y uchastok (1-й участокъ) 44,713
2-y uchastok (2-й участокъ) 40,780
3-y uchastok (3-й участокъ) 59,122
4-y uchastok (4-й участокъ) 56,488

Demographics

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Russian Empire Census

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According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kavkazsky otdel had a population of 249,182 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 126,540 men and 122,642 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ukrainian speaking minority.[3]

Linguistic composition of the Kavkazsky otdel in 1897[3]
Language Native speakers %
Russian 127,385 51.12
Ukrainian 114,037 45.76
German 3,972 1.59
Belarusian 757 0.30
Armenian 728 0.29
Polish 378 0.15
Tatar[b] 335 0.13
Romanian 307 0.12
Romani 279 0.11
Greek 182 0.07
Czech 117 0.05
Latvian 101 0.04
Bulgarian 96 0.04
Mordovian 89 0.04
Georgian 85 0.03
Kalmyk 66 0.03
Ossetian 63 0.03
Turkish 36 0.01
Jewish 30 0.01
Kazi-Kumukh 23 0.01
Kyurin 23 0.01
Circassian 17 0.01
Lithuanian 15 0.01
Kabardian 12 0.00
Kumyk 10 0.00
Persian 6 0.00
Nogai 5 0.00
Estonian 3 0.00
Avar-Andean 2 0.00
Karachay 1 0.00
Other 22 0.01
TOTAL 249,182 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

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According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Kavkazsky otdel had a population of 462,235 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 235,883 men and 226,352 women, 235,550 of whom were the permanent population, and 226,685 were temporary residents:[6]

Nationality Number %
Russians 454,981 98.43
Other Europeans 5,280 1.14
Armenians 1,046 0.23
Shia Muslims[c] 629 0.14
Georgians 224 0.05
North Caucasians 72 0.02
Jews 3 0.00
TOTAL 462,235 100.00

Notes

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  1. ^
  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]

References

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  1. ^ Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 176–183.
  3. ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  4. ^ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  5. ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  6. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 222–229.
  7. ^ Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

Bibliography

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