Groznensky okrug
Okrug in Caucasus, Russian Empire
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The Groznensky okrug[a] was a district (okrug) of the Terek Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Groznensky okrug made up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Grozny.[1]
Groznensky okrug
Грозненскій округъ | |
|---|---|
Location in the Terek Oblast | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Oblast | Terek |
| Established | 1888 |
| Abolished | 1921 |
| Capital | Grozny |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,972.44 km2 (1,919.87 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
• Total | 195,744 |
| • Density | 39.3658/km2 (101.957/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 27.36% |
| • Rural | 72.64% |
Administrative divisions
Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Groznensky okrug had a population of 226,035 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 117,888 men and 108,147 women. The majority of the population indicated Chechen to be their mother tongue, with a significant Russian speaking minority.[3]
| Language | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Chechen | 202,273 | 89.49 |
| Russian | 12,945 | 5.73 |
| Kumyk | 1,930 | 0.85 |
| Jewish | 1,825 | 0.81 |
| Ukrainian | 1,506 | 0.67 |
| Circassian | 1,037 | 0.46 |
| Polish | 849 | 0.38 |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 786 | 0.35 |
| Avar-Andean | 460 | 0.20 |
| Armenian | 399 | 0.18 |
| Tatar[b] | 354 | 0.16 |
| Persian | 301 | 0.13 |
| Georgian | 248 | 0.11 |
| Dargin | 210 | 0.09 |
| Lithuanian | 208 | 0.09 |
| German | 164 | 0.07 |
| Ingush | 136 | 0.06 |
| Greek | 96 | 0.04 |
| Bashkir | 66 | 0.03 |
| Belarusian | 34 | 0.02 |
| Romani | 31 | 0.01 |
| Romanian | 30 | 0.01 |
| Ossetian | 15 | 0.01 |
| Nogai | 13 | 0.01 |
| Turkmen | 7 | 0.00 |
| Imeretian | 6 | 0.00 |
| Karachay | 6 | 0.00 |
| Kabardian | 4 | 0.00 |
| Other | 96 | 0.04 |
| TOTAL | 226,035 | 100.00 |
Kavkazskiy kalendar
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Groznensky okrug had a population of 195,744 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 108,989 men and 86,755 women, 148,978 of whom were the permanent population, and 46,766 were temporary residents:[6]
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| North Caucasians | 7,069 | 13.20 | 126,011 | 88.62 | 133,080 | 67.99 |
| Russians | 42,353 | 79.09 | 15,422 | 10.85 | 57,775 | 29.52 |
| Other Europeans | 1,488 | 2.78 | 430 | 0.30 | 1,918 | 0.98 |
| Armenians | 1,512 | 2.82 | 332 | 0.23 | 1,844 | 0.94 |
| Jews | 1,127 | 2.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,127 | 0.58 |
| TOTAL | 53,549 | 100.00 | 142,195 | 100.00 | 195,744 | 100.00 |
Notes
- Russian: Грозне́нский о́круг, pre-reform orthography: Грозне́нскій о́кругъ, romanized: Groznénsky ókrug
- 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]