Samursky okrug
Самурскій округъ | |
|---|---|
 Location in the Dagestan Oblast | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Oblast | Dagestan |
| Established | 1839 |
| Abolished | 1928 |
| Capital | Akhty |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,708.80 km2 (1,431.98 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
| • Total | 71,556 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (50/sq mi) |
| • Rural | 100.00% |
The Samursky okrug[a] was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Samursky okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Akhty.[1]
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Samursky okrug were as follows:[2]
| Name | 1912 population |
|---|---|
| Akhtyparinskiy uchastok (Ахтыпаринскій участокъ) | 29,309 |
| Dokuzparinskiy uchastok (Докузпаринскій участокъ) | 21,489 |
| Luchekskiy uchastok (Лучекскій участокъ) | 19,042 |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Samursky okrug had a population of 35,633 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 15,284 men and 20,349 women. The majority of the population indicated Kyurin to be their mother tongue.[3]
| Language | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Kyurin | 33,965 | 95.32 |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 515 | 1.45 |
| Tatar[b] | 379 | 1.06 |
| Kumyk | 346 | 0.97 |
| Avar-Andean | 174 | 0.49 |
| Russian | 103 | 0.29 |
| Dargin | 63 | 0.18 |
| Polish | 44 | 0.12 |
| Lithuanian | 13 | 0.04 |
| Georgian | 7 | 0.02 |
| Armenian | 3 | 0.01 |
| Jewish | 3 | 0.01 |
| German | 1 | 0.00 |
| Other | 17 | 0.05 |
| TOTAL | 35,633 | 100.00 |
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Samursky okrug had a population of 71,556 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 37,486 men and 34,070 women, 71,193 of whom were the permanent population, and 363 were temporary residents:[6]
| Nationality | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
| North Caucasians | 68,432 | 95.63 |
| Shia Muslims[c] | 2,761 | 3.86 |
| Russians | 306 | 0.43 |
| Other Europeans | 49 | 0.07 |
| Armenians | 7 | 0.01 |
| Jews | 1 | 0.00 |
| TOTAL | 71,556 | 100.00 |