Vladikavkazsky okrug

Vladikavkazsky okrug
Владикавказскій округъ
Okrug
Location in the Terek Oblast
Location in the Terek Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
OblastTerek
Established1870
Abolished1920
CapitalVladikavkaz
Area
 • Total
5,716.60 km2 (2,207.19 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total
207,742
 • Density36/km2 (94/sq mi)
 • Urban
35.26%
 • Rural
64.74%

The Vladikavkazsky okrug[a] 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[b] 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
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[c] 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

  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

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

Bibliography

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