Dagestan Oblast

Dagestan Oblast
Дагестанская область
Oblast
Coat of arms of Dagestan Oblast
Coat of arms
Administrative map of the Dagestan Oblast
Administrative map of the Dagestan Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
Established1860
Abolished1921
CapitalTemir-Khan-Shura
(present-day Buynaksk)
Area
 • Total
29,709.63 km2 (11,470.95 sq mi)
Highest elevation
(Mount Bazardüzü)
4,466 m (14,652 ft)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total
713,342
 • Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
 • Urban
9.81%
 • Rural
90.19%

The Dagestan Oblast[a] was a province (oblast) of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day southeastern Dagestan within the Russian Federation. The Dagestan oblast was created in 1860 out of the territories of the former Caucasian Imamate, bordering the Terek Oblast to the north, the Tiflis Governorate and Zakatal Okrug to the west, the Elizavetpol Governorate to the south, and Baku Governorate to the east. The administrative center of the oblast was Temir-Khan-Shura (present-day Buynaksk).[1]

Administrative divisions

The districts (okrugs) of the Dagestan oblast in 1917 were as follows:[2][3]

Bold line denotes the largest city.

Name Administrative centre and

the largest city

Population Area
1897[4] 1917[5] 1897 1916
Avarskiy okrug (Аварский округ) Khunzakh 1,587 --- 37,639 35,749 1,148.27 square versts (1,306.80 km2; 504.56 sq mi)
Andiyskiy okrug (Андийский округ) Botlikh 1,225 --- 49,628 57,875 3,152.17 square versts (3,587.37 km2; 1,385.09 sq mi)
Gunibskiy okrug (Гунибский округ) Gunib 685 --- 55,899 76,175 3,422.33 square versts (3,894.82 km2; 1,503.80 sq mi)
Darginskiy okrug (Даргинский округ) Levashi 1,343 --- 80,943 85,131 1,525.25 square versts (1,735.83 km2; 670.21 sq mi)
Kazikumukhskiy okrug (Казикумухский округ) Kumukh 621 --- 45,363 51,250 1,270.80 square versts (1,446.25 km2; 558.40 sq mi)
Kaytago-Tabasaranskiy okrug (Кайтаго-Табасаранский округ) Madzhalis 1,327 --- 91,021 82,154 2,896.54 square versts (3,296.44 km2; 1,272.76 sq mi)
Derbent 14,649 31,168
Kyurinskiy okrug (Кюринский округ) Kasumkent 1,013 --- 77,680 117,218 3,066.85 square versts (3,490.27 km2; 1,347.60 sq mi)
Samurskiy okrug (Самурский округ) Akhty 3,190 --- 35,633 71,556 3,258.87 square versts (3,708.80 km2; 1,431.97 sq mi)
Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug (Темир-Хан-Шуринский округ) Temir-Khan-Shura

(Buynaksk)

9,214 15,239 97,348 136,234 5,464.01 square versts (6,218.38 km2; 2,400.93 sq mi)
Petrovsk (Makhachkala) 9,753 23,566

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Dagestan oblast had a population of 571,154 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 283,279 men and 287,875 women. The plurality of the population indicated Avar-Andean to be their mother tongue, with significant Dargin, Kyurin, Kazi-Kumukh, Kumyk, and Tatar[b] speaking minorities.[2]

Linguistic composition of the Dagestan oblast in 1897[2]
Language Native speakers %
Avar-Andean 158,550 27.76
Dargin 121,375 21.25
Kyurin 94,596 16.56
Kazi-Kumukh 76,381 13.37
Kumyk 51,209 8.97
Tatar[b] 32,143 5.63
Russian 13,111 2.30
Jewish 7,361 1.29
Tat 2,998 0.52
Ukrainian 2,895 0.51
Nogai 1,909 0.33
Persian 1,720 0.30
Armenian 1,636 0.29
Polish 1,630 0.29
Arabic 912 0.16
Chechen 757 0.13
Lithuanian 520 0.09
Georgian 375 0.07
German 261 0.05
Belarusian 38 0.01
Other 777 0.14
TOTAL 571,154 100.00
Religious composition of the Dagestan oblast in 1897[8]
Faith Male Female Both
Number %
Muslim 263,475 276,815 540,290 94.60
Eastern Orthodox 10,996 5,341 16,337 2.86
Judaism 5,367 4,689 10,056 1.76
Roman Catholic 2,079 137 2,216 0.39
Armenian Apostolic 955 668 1,623 0.28
Old Believer 184 114 298 0.05
Lutheran 185 100 285 0.05
Armenian Catholic 24 5 29 0.01
Baptist 1 1 2 0.00
Anglican 0 3 3 0.00
Buddhist 3 0 3 0.00
Reformed 3 0 3 0.00
Other non-Christian denomination 7 2 9 0.00
TOTAL 283,279 287,875 571,154 100.00

Linguistic composition of uezds in the Dagestan Oblast in 1897

Okrug Avar-Andean Dargin Kyurin Kazi-Kumukh Kumyk Tatar TOTAL
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Temir-Khan-Shura 15,194 15.61 9,724 9.99 15 0.02 588 0.60 49,730 51.08 1,261 1.30 97,348
Avar 36,063 95.81 18 0.05 4 0.01 13 0.03 4 0.01 5 0.01 37,639
Andi 48,637 98.00 9 0.02 1 0.00 27 0.05 24 0.05 15 0.03 49,628
Gunib 52,227 93.43 774 1.38 0 0.00 2,113 3.78 17 0.03 35 0.06 55,899
Dargin 3,131 3.87 73,899 91.3 9 0.01 3,739 4.62 0 0.00 8 0.01 80,943
Kazikumukh 2,446 5.39 3,657 8.06 943 2.08 38,014 83.8 47 0.10 145 0.32 45,363
Kaitago-Tabasaran 628 0.69 33,186 36.46 350 0.38 17,678 19.42 1,035 1.14 28,975 31.83 91,021
Kyurin 50 0.06 45 0.06 59,309 76.35 13,694 17.63 5 0.01 1,321 1.70 77680
Samur 174 0.49 63 0.18 33,965 95.32 515 1.45 346 0.97 379 1.06 35633
TOTAL 158,550 27.76 121,375 21.25 94,596 16.56 76,381 13.37 51,209 8.97 32,143 5.63 571,154

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Dagestan oblast had a population of 713,342 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 369,737 men and 343,605 women, 659,976 of whom were the permanent population, and 53,366 were temporary residents:[3]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
North Caucasians 12,247 17.50 533,367 82.90 545,614 76.49
Sunni Muslims[c] 1,137 1.62 90,840 14.12 91,977 12.89
Russians 27,045 38.65 9,078 1.41 36,123 5.06
Jews 11,913 17.03 5,397 0.84 17,310 2.43
Shia Muslims[d] 11,263 16.10 4,352 0.68 15,615 2.19
Armenians 4,668 6.67 84 0.01 4,752 0.67
Other Europeans 736 1.05 251 0.04 987 0.14
Asiatic Christians 785 1.12 0 0.00 785 0.11
Georgians 179 0.26 0 0.00 179 0.03
TOTAL 69,973 100.00 643,369 100.00 713,342 100.00

Notes

  1. ^ Russian: Дагестанская область, romanized: Dagestanskaya oblast
  2. ^ a b 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".[6][7]
  3. ^ Primarily Turco-Tatars.[9]
  4. ^ Primarily Tatars.[9]

References

  1. ^ Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru.
  3. ^ a b Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 186–193.
  4. ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  5. ^ Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian).
  6. ^ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  7. ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  8. ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  9. ^ a b Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

Bibliography

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