Yekaterinodarsky otdel
Екатеринодарскій отдѣлъ
Otdel
Location in the Kuban Oblast
Location in the Kuban Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
OblastKuban
Established1869
Abolished1924
CapitalYekaterinodar
(present-day Krasnodar)
Area
 • Total8,373.61 km2 (3,233.07 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total371,788
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Urban
27.87%
 • Rural
72.13%

The Yekaterinodarsky otdel[lower-alpha 1] was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Kuban oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Kavkazsky otdel to the north, the Tamansky otdel to the west, the Black Sea Governorate to the south, and the Maykopsky otdel to the east. The area of the Yekaterinodar otdel mostly corresponded to the contemporary Krasnodar Krai region of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Yekaterinodar (present-day Krasnodar).[1]

Administrative divisions

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

Name 1912 population
1-y uchastok (1-й участокъ) 82,661
2-y uchastok (2-й участокъ) 59,843
3-y uchastok (3-й участокъ) 32,407

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Yekaterinodarsky otdel had a population of 245,173 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 125,832 men and 119,341 women. The majority of the population indicated Ukrainian to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian and Circassian speaking minorities.[3]

Linguistic composition of the Yekaterindarsky otdel in 1897[3]
Language Native speakers %
Ukrainian 126,941 51.78
Russian 83,751 34.16
Circassian 19,851 8.10
Greek 3,476 1.42
Armenian 2,807 1.14
German 1,481 0.60
Belarusian 1,328 0.54
Romanian 1,056 0.43
Polish 809 0.33
Turkish 935 0.38
Jewish 524 0.21
Tatar[lower-alpha 2] 411 0.17
Mordovian 356 0.15
Romani 248 0.10
Georgian 179 0.07
Czech 177 0.07
Kyurin 158 0.06
Lithuanian 126 0.05
Bashkir 110 0.04
Persian 94 0.04
Kumyk 42 0.02
Ossetian 41 0.02
Avar-Andean 30 0.01
Latvian 28 0.01
Kazi-Kumukh 24 0.01
Bulgarian 22 0.01
Estonian 9 0.00
Kalmyk 5 0.00
Kabardian 3 0.00
Karachay 3 0.00
Nogai 3 0.00
Other 145 0.06
TOTAL 245,173 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Yekaterinodarsky otdel had a population of 371,788 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 187,407 men and 184,381 women, 247,739 of whom were the permanent population, and 124,049 were temporary residents:[6]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Russians 88,508 85.41 236,408 88.16 324,916 87.39
North Caucasians 300 0.29 28,410 10.59 28,710 7.72
Armenians 5,900 5.69 2,520 0.94 8,420 2.26
Other Europeans 5,963 5.75 816 0.30 6,779 1.82
Sunni Muslims[lower-alpha 3] 1,084 1.05 0 0.00 1,084 0.29
Georgians 708 0.68 0 0.00 708 0.19
Jews 462 0.45 10 0.00 472 0.13
Asiatic Christians 385 0.37 0 0.00 385 0.10
Roma 269 0.26 0 0.00 269 0.07
Kurds 45 0.04 0 0.00 45 0.01
TOTAL 103,624 100.00 268,164 100.00 371,788 100.00

Notes

  1. ↑
    • Russian: Екатеринода́рскій отдѣ́лъ, romanized: Yekaterinodársky otdél
    • Ukrainian: Катеринодарський відділ, romanized: Katerynodarskyy viddil
  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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