Samurskiy okrug
Okrug in Caucasus, Russian Empire
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The Samurskiy okrug[a] was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Samurskiy okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Akhty.[1]
Samurskiy okrug
Самурский округ | |
|---|---|
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 | 19.294/km2 (49.970/sq mi) |
| • Rural | 100.00% |
Administrative divisions
Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Samurskiy 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 Lezgin ("Kyurin") to be their mother tongue.[4]
| Language | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Lezgian | 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 |
Kavkazskiy kalendar
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Samurskiy 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:[7]
| 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 |
Notes
- Russian: Самурский округ, pre-reform orthography: Самурскій округъ [səmʊrskʲɪj ɐkrʊk]
- 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".[5][6]