Kaytago-Tabasaransky okrug

The Kaytago-Tabasaransky okrug[lower-alpha 1] was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Kaytago-Tabasaransky okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Madzhalis.[1]

Kaitago-Tabasaransky okrug
Кайтаго-Табасаранскій округъ
Okrug
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
OblastDagestan
Established1860
Abolished1928
CapitalMadzhalis
Area
 • Total3,296.44 km2 (1,272.76 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total82,154
 • Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
 • Urban
27.50%
 • Rural
72.50%

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Kaytago-Tabasaransky okrug were as follows:[2]

Name 1912 population Area
Nizhne-Kaytagskiy uchastok (Нижне-Кайтагскій участокъ) 20,147 1,151.50 square versts (1,310.48 km2; 505.98 sq mi)
Severo-Tabasaranskiy uchastok (Сѣверо-Табасаранскій участокъ) 26,481 977.86 square versts (1,112.87 km2; 429.68 sq mi)
Urkarakhskiy uchastok (Уркарахскій участокъ) 32,474 767.18 square versts (873.10 km2; 337.11 sq mi)

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kaytago-Tabasaransky okrug had a population of 91,021 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 48,284 men and 42,737 women. The plurality of the population indicated Dargin to be their mother tongue, with significant Tatar[lower-alpha 2] and Kazikumukh speaking minorities.[5]

Linguistic composition of the Kaytago-Tabasaransky okrug in 1897[5]
Language Native speakers %
Dargin 33,186 36.46
Tatar[lower-alpha 2] 28,975 31.83
Kazi-Kumukh 17,678 19.42
Jewish 3,965 4.36
Russian 2,255 2.48
Kumyk 1,035 1.14
Ukrainian 790 0.87
Armenian 665 0.73
Avar-Andean 628 0.69
Tat 520 0.57
Polish 415 0.46
Kyurin 350 0.38
Lithuanian 249 0.27
Persian 86 0.09
German 52 0.06
Georgian 41 0.05
Belarusian 18 0.02
Nogai 1 0.00
Other 112 0.12
TOTAL 91,021 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Kaytago-Tabasaransky okrug had a population of 113,322 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 61,849 men and 51,473 women, 98,837 of whom were the permanent population, and 14,485 were temporary residents:[6]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
North Caucasians 5,138 16.48 78,978 96.13 84,116 74.23
Russians 7,567 24.28 1,580 1.92 9,147 8.07
Jews 6,879 22.07 1,316 1.60 8,195 7.23
Shia Muslims[lower-alpha 3] 7,919 25.41 193 0.23 8,112 7.16
Armenians 2,604 8.35 37 0.05 2,641 2.33
Sunni Muslims[lower-alpha 4] 1,061 3.40 0 0.00 1,061 0.94
Other Europeans 0 0.00 50 0.06 50 0.04
TOTAL 31,168 100.00 82,154 100.00 113,322 100.00

Notes
    • Russian: Кайта́го-Табасара́нский о́круг, pre-reform orthography: Кайта́го-Табасара́нскій о́кругъ, romanized: Kaytágo-Tabasaránsky ókrug
  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".[3][4]
  3. Primarily Tatars.[7]
  4. Primarily Turco-Tatars.[7]

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

Bibliography

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