Tuapsinsky okrug
Okrug in Caucasus, Russian Empire
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The Tuapsinsky okrug (Russian: Туапси́нскій о́кругъ, romanized: Tuapsínsky ókrug) was a district (okrug) of the Black Sea Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Kuban Oblast to the north, the Novorossiysky okrug to the west, the Sochinsky okrug to the east, and the Black Sea to the south. The area of the Tuapsinsky okrug mostly corresponds to the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Tuapse.[1]
Tuapsinsky okrug
Туапсинскій округъ | |
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Coat of arms | |
 Location in the Black Sea Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Governorate | Black Sea |
| Established | 1849 |
| Abolished | 1917 |
| Capital | Tuapse |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,777.49 km2 (686.29 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
• Total | 40,365 |
| • Density | 22.709/km2 (58.816/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 44.14% |
| • Rural | 55.86% |
Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Tuapsinsky okrug had a population of 9,051, including 5,249 men and 3,802 women. The plurality of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Ukrainian, Armenian, and Circassian speaking minorities.[2]
| Language | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | 2,782 | 30.74 |
| Ukrainian | 2,170 | 23.98 |
| Armenian | 1,689 | 18.66 |
| Circassian | 1,179 | 13.03 |
| Greek | 375 | 4.14 |
| Czech | 269 | 2.97 |
| Romanian | 144 | 1.59 |
| Polish | 83 | 0.92 |
| German | 82 | 0.91 |
| Turkish | 80 | 0.88 |
| Persian | 52 | 0.57 |
| Imeretian | 35 | 0.39 |
| Georgian | 30 | 0.33 |
| Belarusian | 22 | 0.24 |
| Mingrelian | 15 | 0.17 |
| Jewish | 11 | 0.12 |
| Tatar[a] | 3 | 0.03 |
| Estonian | 2 | 0.02 |
| Other | 28 | 0.31 |
| TOTAL | 9,051 | 100.00 |
Kavkazskiy kalendar
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Tuapsinsky okrug had a population of 40,365 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 25,053 men and 15,312 women, 15,642 of whom were the permanent population, and 24,723 were temporary residents:[5]
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Russians | 11,634 | 65.30 | 15,262 | 67.69 | 26,896 | 66.63 |
| Asiatic Christians | 3,407 | 19.12 | 1,924 | 8.53 | 5,331 | 13.21 |
| North Caucasians | 250 | 1.40 | 2,606 | 11.56 | 2,856 | 7.08 |
| Armenians | 1,036 | 5.81 | 1,803 | 8.00 | 2,839 | 7.03 |
| Other Europeans | 1,073 | 6.02 | 751 | 3.33 | 1,824 | 4.52 |
| Shia Muslims[b] | 333 | 1.87 | 195 | 0.86 | 528 | 1.31 |
| Jews | 77 | 0.43 | 0 | 0.00 | 77 | 0.19 |
| Sunni Muslims[c] | 7 | 0.04 | 7 | 0.03 | 14 | 0.03 |
| TOTAL | 17,817 | 100.00 | 22,548 | 100.00 | 40,365 | 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".[3][4]