Andiysky okrug
The Andiysky okrug[lower-alpha 1] was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Andiysky okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Botlikh.[1]
Andiysky okrug
Андійскій округъ | |
|---|---|
 Location in the Dagestan Oblast | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Oblast | Dagestan |
| Established | 1861 |
| Abolished | 1928 |
| Capital | Botlikh |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,587.37 km2 (1,385.09 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
| • Total | 57,875 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| • Rural | 100.00% |
Administrative divisions
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Andiysky okrug were as follows:[2]
| Name | 1912 population | Area |
|---|---|---|
| Gumbetovskiy uchastok (Гумбетовскій участокъ) | 10,257 | 772.52 square versts (879.18 km2; 339.45 sq mi) |
| Raion pomoshchn. ego. (Раіонъ помощн. его.) | 6,630 | – |
| Kar.-Tekhnutsalskiy uchastok (Кар.-Технуцальскій участокъ) | 13,209 | 1,135.79 square versts (1,292.60 km2; 499.08 sq mi) |
| Raion pomoshchn. ego. (Раіонъ помощн. его.) | 15,599 | – |
| Unkr.-Didoyevskiy uchastok (Ункр.-Дидоевскій участокъ) | 5,063 | 1,244.14 square versts (1,415.91 km2; 546.69 sq mi) |
| Raion pomoshchn. ego. (Раіонъ помощн. его.) | 4,768 | – |
Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Andiysky okrug had a population of 49,628 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 24,537 men and 25,091 women. The majority of the population indicated Avar to be their mother tongue.[3]
| Language | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Avar-Andean | 48,637 | 98.00 |
| Chechen | 711 | 1.43 |
| Ukrainian | 84 | 0.17 |
| Russian | 64 | 0.13 |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 27 | 0.05 |
| Kumyk | 24 | 0.05 |
| Tatar[lower-alpha 2] | 15 | 0.03 |
| Armenian | 12 | 0.02 |
| Georgian | 12 | 0.02 |
| Dargin | 9 | 0.02 |
| Tat | 8 | 0.02 |
| Lithuanian | 5 | 0.01 |
| Polish | 5 | 0.01 |
| German | 1 | 0.00 |
| Kyurin | 1 | 0.00 |
| Other | 13 | 0.03 |
| TOTAL | 49,628 | 100.00 |
Kavkazskiy kalendar
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Andiysky okrug had a population of 57,875 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 29,747 men and 28,128 women, 56,950 of whom were the permanent population, and 925 were temporary residents:[6]
| Nationality | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
| North Caucasians | 57,555 | 99.45 |
| Russians | 278 | 0.48 |
| Other Europeans | 38 | 0.07 |
| Armenians | 4 | 0.01 |
| TOTAL | 57,875 | 100.00 |
Notes
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- Russian: Анди́йский о́круг, pre-reform orthography: Андíйскій о́кругъ, romanized: Andíysky ókrug
- Avar: Гӏанди сверухълъи, romanized: Ghandi sveruqli
- 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]
References
- Tsutsiev 2014.
- Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 144–151.
- "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
- Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
- Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 186–193.
Bibliography
- Bournoutian, George A. (2018). Armenia and Imperial Decline: The Yerevan Province, 1900–1914. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-06260-2. OCLC 1037283914.
- Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia: The First Year, 1918–1919. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520019843.
- Кавказский календарь на 1913 год [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.
- Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.
- Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus (PDF). Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2023.