Kazikumukhsky okrug
Казикумухскій округъ
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
OblastDagestan
Established1860
Abolished1922
CapitalKumukh
Area
 • Total1,446.25 km2 (558.40 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total51,250
 • Density35/km2 (92/sq mi)
 • Rural
100.00%

The Kazikumukhsky okrug[a] was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Kazikumukhsky okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Kumukh.[1]

Administrative divisions

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

Name 1912 population Area
Vitskhinskiy uchastok (Вицхинскій участокъ) 21,639 335.29 square versts (381.58 km2; 147.33 sq mi)
Kazikumukhskiy uchastok (Казикумухскій участокъ) 28,712 935.51 square versts (1,064.67 km2; 411.07 sq mi)

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kazikumukhsky okrug had a population of 45,363 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 18,122 men and 27,241 women. The majority of the population indicated Kazi-Kumukh to be their mother tongue, with significant Dargin and Avar speaking minorities.[3]

Linguistic composition of the Kazikumukhsky okrug in 1897[3]
Language Native speakers %
Kazi-Kumukh 38,014 83.80
Dargin 3,657 8.06
Avar-Andean 2,446 5.39
Kyurin 943 2.08
Tatar[b] 145 0.32
Kumyk 47 0.10
Russian 27 0.06
Georgian 24 0.05
Jewish 12 0.03
Armenian 7 0.02
German 1 0.00
Polish 1 0.00
Ukrainian 1 0.00
Other 38 0.08
TOTAL 45,363 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Kazikumukhsky okrug had a population of 51,250 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 25,385 men and 25,865 women, 51,092 of whom were the permanent population, and 158 were temporary residents:[6]

Nationality Number %
North Caucasians 51,212 99.93
Russians 37 0.07
Armenians 1 0.00
TOTAL 51,250 100.00

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]

References

  1. ^ Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 144–151.
  3. ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  4. ^ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  5. ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  6. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 186–193.

Bibliography

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