Pyatigorsky otdel
Otdel in Caucasus, Russian Empire
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The Pyatigorsky otdel[a] was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Terek oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Pyatigorsky otdel makes up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Pyatigorsk.[1]
Pyatigorsky otdel
Пятигорскій отдѣлъ | |
|---|---|
Location in the Terek Oblast | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Oblast | Terek |
| Established | 1785 |
| Abolished | 1924 |
| Capital | Pyatigorsk |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,644.79 km2 (2,565.57 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
• Total | 200,486 |
| • Density | 30.1719/km2 (78.1449/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 40.75% |
| • Rural | 59.25% |
Administrative divisions
Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Pyatigorsky otdel had a population of 181,481 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 93,961 men and 87,520 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ukrainian speaking minority.[3]
| Language | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | 123,238 | 67.91 |
| Ukrainian | 25,032 | 13.79 |
| German | 5,872 | 3.24 |
| Ossetian | 4,620 | 2.55 |
| Armenian | 4,370 | 2.41 |
| Kabardian | 3,122 | 1.72 |
| Persian | 2,580 | 1.42 |
| Kalmyk | 2,174 | 1.20 |
| Circassian | 1,429 | 0.79 |
| Avar-Andean | 1,374 | 0.76 |
| Polish | 1,198 | 0.66 |
| Tatar[b] | 1,120 | 0.62 |
| Belarusian | 1,026 | 0.57 |
| Nogai | 900 | 0.50 |
| Georgian | 775 | 0.43 |
| Jewish | 476 | 0.26 |
| Greek | 338 | 0.19 |
| Romani | 276 | 0.15 |
| Bashkir | 271 | 0.15 |
| Lithuanian | 264 | 0.15 |
| Karachay | 197 | 0.11 |
| Kumyk | 175 | 0.10 |
| Chechen | 80 | 0.04 |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 96 | 0.05 |
| Romanian | 53 | 0.03 |
| Imeretian | 40 | 0.02 |
| Ingush | 23 | 0.01 |
| Turkmen | 17 | 0.01 |
| Dargin | 11 | 0.01 |
| Other | 334 | 0.18 |
| TOTAL | 181,481 | 100.00 |
Kavkazskiy kalendar
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Pyatigorsky otdel had a population of 200,486 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 103,598 men and 96,888 women, 117,908 of whom were the permanent population, and 82,578 were temporary residents:[6]
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Russians | 71,569 | 87.61 | 110,791 | 93.26 | 182,360 | 90.96 |
| Other Europeans | 3,969 | 4.86 | 6,952 | 5.85 | 10,921 | 5.45 |
| Armenians | 3,664 | 4.49 | 337 | 0.28 | 4,001 | 2.00 |
| North Caucasians | 1,201 | 1.47 | 432 | 0.36 | 1,633 | 0.81 |
| Georgians | 849 | 1.04 | 13 | 0.01 | 862 | 0.43 |
| Jews | 324 | 0.40 | 1 | 0.00 | 325 | 0.16 |
| Shia Muslims[c] | 82 | 0.10 | 154 | 0.13 | 236 | 0.12 |
| Roma | 0 | 0.00 | 109 | 0.09 | 109 | 0.05 |
| Sunni Muslims[d] | 31 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.00 | 31 | 0.02 |
| Asiatic Christians | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 0.01 | 8 | 0.00 |
| TOTAL | 81,689 | 100.00 | 118,797 | 100.00 | 200,486 | 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]