Maykopsky otdel
Майкопскій отдѣлъ
Otdel
Location in the Kuban Oblast
Location in the Kuban Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
OblastKuban
Established1869
Abolished1924
CapitalMaykop
Area
 • Total16,428.79 km2 (6,343.19 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total468,453
 • Density29/km2 (74/sq mi)
 • Urban
11.69%
 • Rural
88.31%

The Maykopsky otdel[lower-alpha 1] was a district (otdel - literally "department") of the Kuban oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Kavkazsky otdel to the north, the Yekaterinodarsky otdel to the west, the Black Sea Governorate to the south, and the Labinsky and Batalpashinsky otdels to the east. The area of the Maykopsky otdel mostly corresponded to Adygea within Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Maykop.[1]

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Maykopsky otdel in 1912 were as follows:[2]

Name 1912 population
1-y uchastok (1-й участокъ) 50,811
2-y uchastok (2-й участокъ) 55,927
3-y uchastok (3-й участокъ) 68,841
4-y uchastok (4-й участокъ) 31,570

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Maykopsky otdel had a population of 283,117 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 143,979 men and 139,138 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ukrainian speaking minority.[3]

Linguistic composition of the Maykopsky otdel in 1897[3]
Language Native speakers %
Great-Russian (Russian) 161,230 56.95
Little-Russian (Ukrainian) 88,588 31.29
Circassian 13,892 4.91
Kabardian 5,851 2.07
White-Russian (Belarusian) 3,573 1.26
Abkhaz 2,101 0.74
Armenian 1,835 0.65
Greek 1,597 0.56
German 776 0.27
Mordovian 754 0.27
Tatar[lower-alpha 2] 629 0.22
Jewish 486 0.17
Polish 356 0.13
Romani 268 0.09
Turkish 258 0.09
Czech 201 0.07
Romanian 193 0.07
Georgian 146 0.05
Nogai 67 0.02
Kazi-Kumukh 48 0.02
Bulgarian 41 0.01
Kumyk 39 0.01
Persian 39 0.01
Lithuanian 25 0.01
Kyurin 16 0.01
Bashkir 14 0.00
Avar-Andean 9 0.00
Ossetian 9 0.00
Kalmyk 8 0.00
Estonian 3 0.00
Karachay 2 0.00
Other 63 0.02
TOTAL 283,117 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Maykopsky otdel had a population of 468,453 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 235,003 men and 233,450 women, 238,783 of whom were the permanent population, and 229,670 were temporary residents:[6]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Russians 52,776 96.37 382,235 92.40 435,011 92.86
North Caucasians 145 0.26 25,080 6.06 25,225 5.38
Sunni Muslims[lower-alpha 3] 0 0.00 4,629 1.12 4,629 0.99
Armenians 631 1.15 1,090 0.26 1,721 0.37
Other Europeans 693 1.27 657 0.16 1,350 0.29
Jews 459 0.84 0 0.00 459 0.10
Georgians 58 0.11 0 0.00 58 0.01
TOTAL 54,762 100.00 413,691 100.00 468,453 100.00

Notes

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ 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]
  3. ↑ Primarily Turco-Tatars.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. ↑ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 176–183.
  3. 1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  4. ↑ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  5. ↑ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  6. ↑ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 222–229.
  7. ↑ Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

Bibliography

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