Temir-Khan-Shurinsky okrug
Темир-Хан-Шуринскій округъ
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
OblastDagestan
Established1867
Abolished1922
CapitalTemir-Khan-Shura
(present-day Buynaksk)
Area
  Total6,218.38 km2 (2,400.93 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
  Total136,234
  Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
  Urban
28.48%
  Rural
71.52%

The Temir-Khan-Shurinsky okrug[lower-alpha 1] was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Temir-Khan-Shurinsky okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Temir-Khan-Shura (present-day Buynaksk).[1]

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Temir-Khan-Shurinsky okrug were as follows:[2]

Name 1912 population Area
Dzhengutayevskiy uchastok (Дженгутаевскій участокъ) 33,330 720.86 square versts (820.38 km2; 316.75 sq mi)
Tarkinskiy uchastok (Таркинскій участокъ) 9,842 1,866.78 square versts (2,124.51 km2; 820.28 sq mi)
Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy uchastok (Темир-Хан-Шуринскій участокъ) 23,174 1,134.87 square versts (1,291.55 km2; 498.67 sq mi)
Chir-Yurtovskiy uchastok (Чиръ-Юртовскій участокъ) 5,312 1,741.50 square versts (1,981.94 km2; 765.23 sq mi)
Tsrist. prom. Kut. (Црист. пром. Кутъ.) 1,613
Pom. N.-ka Tarkin. uch. (Пом. Н.-ка Таркин. уч.) 15,036

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Temir-Khan-Shurinsky okrug had a population of 97,348 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 54,052 men and 43,296 women. The majority of the population indicated Kumyk to be their mother tongue, with significant Avar-Andean, Dargin, and Russian speaking minorities.[3]

Linguistic composition of the Temir-Khan-Shurinsky okrug in 1897[3]
Language Native speakers %
Kumyk 49,730 51.08
Avar-Andean 15,194 15.61
Dargin 9,724 9.99
Russian 9,623 9.89
Jewish 2,787 2.86
Nogai 1,908 1.96
Ukrainian 1,750 1.80
Persian 1,631 1.68
Tatar[lower-alpha 2] 1,261 1.30
Polish 1,024 1.05
Armenian 916 0.94
Kazi-Kumukh 588 0.60
Georgian 241 0.25
Lithuanian 234 0.24
German 189 0.19
Chechen 44 0.05
Belarusian 19 0.02
Kyurin 15 0.02
Tat 4 0.00
Other 466 0.48
TOTAL 97,348 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Temir-Khan-Shurinsky okrug had a population of 136,234 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 72,367 men and 63,867 women, 100,896 of whom were the permanent population, and 35,338 were temporary residents:[6]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Sunni Muslims[lower-alpha 3] 76 0.20 90,840 93.24 90,916 66.74
Russians 19,478 50.19 5,522 5.67 25,000 18.35
North Caucasians 7,109 18.32 0 0.00 7,109 5.22
Jews 5,034 12.97 848 0.87 5,882 4.32
Shia Muslims[lower-alpha 4] 3,344 8.62 185 0.19 3,529 2.59
Armenians 2,064 5.32 22 0.02 2,086 1.53
Asiatic Christians 785 2.02 0 0.00 785 0.58
Other Europeans 736 1.90 12 0.01 748 0.55
Georgians 179 0.46 0 0.00 179 0.13
TOTAL 38,805 100.00 97,429 100.00 136,234 100.00

Notes

    • Russian: Теми́р-Ха́н-Шури́нский о́круг, pre-reform orthography: Теми́р-Ха́н-Шури́нскій о́кругъ, romanized: Temír-Khán-Shurínsky ókrug
  1. 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]
  2. Primarily Turco-Tatars.[7]
  3. Primarily Tatars.[7]

References

  1. Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 144–151.
  3. 1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  4. Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  5. Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  6. Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 186–193.
  7. 1 2 Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

Bibliography

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