Labinsky otdel
Otdel in Caucasus, Russian Empire
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The Labinsky otdel[a] was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Kuban oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Kavkazsky otdel to the north, the Maykopsky otdel to the west, the Batalpashinsky otdel to the south, and the Stavropol Governorate to the east. The area of the Labinsky otdel mostly corresponded to the contemporary Krasnodar Krai region of the Russian Federation. The administrative capital of the district was the city of Armavir.[1]
Labinsky otdel
Лабинскій отдѣлъ | |
|---|---|
Location in the Kuban Oblast | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Oblast | Kuban |
| Established | 1888 |
| Abolished | 1924 |
| Capital | Armavir |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,737.26 km2 (2,601.27 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
• Total | 518,774 |
| • Density | 77.0007/km2 (199.431/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 9.04% |
| • Rural | 90.96% |
Administrative divisions
Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Labinsky otdel had a population of 305,733 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 154,396 men and 151,337 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ukrainian speaking minority.[3]
| Language | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | 229,954 | 75.21 |
| Ukrainian | 57,850 | 18.92 |
| German | 5,870 | 1.92 |
| Armenian | 5,162 | 1.69 |
| Belarusian | 3,881 | 1.27 |
| Greek | 453 | 0.15 |
| Romanian | 375 | 0.12 |
| Polish | 380 | 0.12 |
| Circassian | 302 | 0.10 |
| Tatar[b] | 286 | 0.09 |
| Romani | 243 | 0.08 |
| Georgian | 132 | 0.04 |
| Czech | 97 | 0.03 |
| Turkish | 93 | 0.03 |
| Bulgarian | 86 | 0.03 |
| Jewish | 85 | 0.03 |
| Mordovian | 85 | 0.03 |
| Kalmyk | 59 | 0.02 |
| Nogai | 58 | 0.02 |
| Persian | 40 | 0.01 |
| Lithuanian | 39 | 0.01 |
| Ossetian | 25 | 0.01 |
| Estonian | 21 | 0.01 |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 16 | 0.01 |
| Kabardian | 14 | 0.00 |
| Avar-Andean | 13 | 0.00 |
| Latvian | 12 | 0.00 |
| Abkhaz | 8 | 0.00 |
| Kumyk | 8 | 0.00 |
| Kyurin | 7 | 0.00 |
| Karachay | 3 | 0.00 |
| Other | 76 | 0.02 |
| TOTAL | 305,733 | 100.00 |
Kavkazskiy kalendar
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Labinsky otdel had a population of 518,774 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 260,553 men and 258,221 women, 283,586 of whom were the permanent population, and 235,188 were temporary residents:[6]
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Russians | 35,185 | 75.06 | 464,999 | 98.54 | 500,184 | 96.42 |
| Armenians | 8,415 | 17.95 | 735 | 0.16 | 9,150 | 1.76 |
| Other Europeans | 3,074 | 6.56 | 5,861 | 1.24 | 8,935 | 1.72 |
| North Caucasians | 192 | 0.41 | 214 | 0.05 | 406 | 0.08 |
| Roma | 0 | 0.00 | 57 | 0.01 | 57 | 0.01 |
| Jews | 7 | 0.00 | 20 | 0.00 | 27 | 0.01 |
| Shia Muslims[c] | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0.00 | 5 | 0.00 |
| Georgians | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0.00 | 6 | 0.00 |
| Asiatic Christians | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Sunni Muslims[d] | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 |
| TOTAL | 46,873 | 100.00 | 471,901 | 100.00 | 518,774 | 100.00 |
Notes
- 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]