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Temir-Khan-Shurinsky Okrug

The Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Temir-Khan-Shura (present-day Buynaksk).

Administrative divisions

The prefectures (участки, uchastki) of the Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug in 1917 were:

Name 1912 population Area
Dzhengutayevskiy prefecture (Дженгутаевский участок) 33,330 720.86 square versts (820.38 km; 316.75 sq mi)
Tarkinskiy prefecture (Таркинский участок) 9,842 1,866.78 square versts (2,124.51 km; 820.28 sq mi)
Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy prefecture (Темир-Хан-Шуринский участок) 23,174 1,134.87 square versts (1,291.55 km; 498.67 sq mi)
Chir-Yurtovskiy prefecture (Чиръ-Юртовский участок) 5,312 1,741.50 square versts (1,981.94 km; 765.23 sq mi)
Tsrist. prom. Kut. (Црист. пром. Кут.) 1,613
Pom. N.-ka Tarkin. prefecture (Пом. Н.-ка Таркин. участок) 15,036

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug had a population of 97,348 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 54,052 men and 43,296 women. The majority of the population indicated Kumyk to be their mother tongue, with significant Avar-Andean, Dargin, and Russian speaking minorities.

Linguistic composition of the Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug in 1897
Language Native speakers %
Kumyk 49,730 51.08
Avar-Andean 15,194 15.61
Dargin 9,724 9.99
Russian 9,623 9.89
Jewish 2,787 2.86
Nogai 1,908 1.96
Ukrainian 1,750 1.80
Persian 1,631 1.68
Tatar 1,261 1.30
Polish 1,024 1.05
Armenian 916 0.94
Kazi-Kumukh 588 0.60
Georgian 241 0.25
Lithuanian 234 0.24
German 189 0.19
Chechen 44 0.05
Belarusian 19 0.02
Kyurin 15 0.02
Tat 4 0.00
Other 466 0.48
TOTAL 97,348 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug had a population of 136,234 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 72,367 men and 63,867 women, 100,896 of whom were the permanent population, and 35,338 were temporary residents:

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Sunni Muslims 76 0.20 90,840 93.24 90,916 66.74
Russians 19,478 50.19 5,522 5.67 25,000 18.35
North Caucasians 7,109 18.32 0 0.00 7,109 5.22
Jews 5,034 12.97 848 0.87 5,882 4.32
Shia Muslims 3,344 8.62 185 0.19 3,529 2.59
Armenians 2,064 5.32 22 0.02 2,086 1.53
Asiatic Christians 785 2.02 0 0.00 785 0.58
Other Europeans 736 1.90 12 0.01 748 0.55
Georgians 179 0.46 0 0.00 179 0.13
TOTAL 38,805 100.00 97,429 100.00 136,234 100.00

Notes

  1. ^ Russian: Темир-Хан-Шуринский округ, pre-reform orthography: Темир-Хан-Шуринскій округъ [tʲɪmʲɪr xan ʂʊrʲɪnskʲɪj ɐkrʊk]
  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".
  3. ^ Primarily Turco-Tatars.
  4. ^ Primarily Tatars.

References

  1. ^ Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 28–46.
  3. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 144–151.
  4. ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  5. ^ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  6. ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  7. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 186–193.
  8. ^ Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

Bibliography

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