Vladikavkazsky okrug
Okrug in Caucasus, Russian Empire
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The Vladikavkazsky okrug[a] was a district (okrug) of the Terek Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Vladikavkazsky okrug made up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Vladikavkaz.[1]
Vladikavkazsky okrug
Владикавказскій округъ | |
|---|---|
Location in the Terek Oblast | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Oblast | Terek |
| Established | 1870 |
| Abolished | 1920 |
| Capital | Vladikavkaz |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,716.60 km2 (2,207.19 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
• Total | 207,742 |
| • Density | 36.3401/km2 (94.1205/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 35.26% |
| • Rural | 64.74% |
Administrative divisions
Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Vladikavkazsky okrug had a population of 134,947 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 70,514 men and 64,433 women. The majority of the population indicated Ossetian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Russian speaking minority.[3]
| Language | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Ossetian | 88,265 | 65.41 |
| Russian | 31,205 | 23.12 |
| Georgian | 3,298 | 2.44 |
| Armenian | 2,093 | 1.55 |
| German | 1,673 | 1.24 |
| Polish | 1,511 | 1.12 |
| Ukrainian | 1,439 | 1.07 |
| Jewish | 1,059 | 0.78 |
| Persian | 822 | 0.61 |
| Ingush | 733 | 0.54 |
| Imeretian | 643 | 0.48 |
| Greek | 502 | 0.37 |
| Tatar[b] | 366 | 0.27 |
| Lithuanian | 213 | 0.16 |
| Kumyk | 160 | 0.12 |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 121 | 0.09 |
| Kabardian | 109 | 0.08 |
| Chechen | 93 | 0.07 |
| Dargin | 57 | 0.04 |
| Romanian | 55 | 0.04 |
| Avar-Andean | 50 | 0.04 |
| Circassian | 46 | 0.03 |
| Belarusian | 41 | 0.03 |
| Bashkir | 32 | 0.02 |
| Nogai | 6 | 0.00 |
| Romani | 3 | 0.00 |
| Turkmen | 3 | 0.00 |
| Karachay | 2 | 0.00 |
| Kalmyk | 1 | 0.00 |
| Other | 346 | 0.26 |
| TOTAL | 134,947 | 100.00 |
Kavkazskiy kalendar
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Vladikavkazsky okrug had a population of 207,742 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 106,645 men and 101,097 women, 160,280 of whom were the permanent population, and 47,462 were temporary residents:[6]
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| North Caucasians | 8,539 | 11.66 | 129,632 | 96.38 | 138,171 | 66.51 |
| Russians | 46,876 | 64.00 | 1,912 | 1.42 | 48,788 | 23.48 |
| Armenians | 8,326 | 11.37 | 60 | 0.04 | 8,386 | 4.04 |
| Other Europeans | 6,139 | 8.38 | 1,221 | 0.91 | 7,360 | 3.54 |
| Shia Muslims[c] | 2,463 | 3.36 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,463 | 1.19 |
| Georgians | 0 | 0.00 | 1,674 | 1.24 | 1,674 | 0.81 |
| Jews | 798 | 1.09 | 0 | 0.00 | 798 | 0.38 |
| Roma | 102 | 0.14 | 0 | 0.00 | 102 | 0.05 |
| TOTAL | 73,243 | 100.00 | 134,499 | 100.00 | 207,742 | 100.00 |
Notes
- Russian: Владикавка́зский о́круг, pre-reform orthography: Владикавка́зскій о́кругъ, romanized: Vladikavkázsky 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]