Pyatigorsky otdel

The Pyatigorsky otdel[lower-alpha 1] was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Terek oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Pyatigorsky otdel makes up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Pyatigorsk.[1]

Pyatigorsky otdel
Пятигорскій отдѣлъ
Otdel
Location in the Terek Oblast
Location in the Terek Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
OblastTerek
Established1785
Abolished1924
CapitalPyatigorsk
Area
 • Total6,644.79 km2 (2,565.57 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total200,486
 • Density30/km2 (78/sq mi)
 • Urban
40.75%
 • Rural
59.25%

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Pyatigorsky otdel were as follows:[2]

Name 1912 population
1-y uchastok (1-й участокъ) 43,052
2-y uchastok (2-й участокъ) 27,072

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Pyatigorsky otdel had a population of 181,481 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 93,961 men and 87,520 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ukrainian speaking minority.[3]

Linguistic composition of the Pyatigorsky otdel in 1897[3]
Language Native speakers %
Russian 123,238 67.91
Ukrainian 25,032 13.79
German 5,872 3.24
Ossetian 4,620 2.55
Armenian 4,370 2.41
Kabardian 3,122 1.72
Persian 2,580 1.42
Kalmyk 2,174 1.20
Circassian 1,429 0.79
Avar-Andean 1,374 0.76
Polish 1,198 0.66
Tatar[lower-alpha 2] 1,120 0.62
Belarusian 1,026 0.57
Nogai 900 0.50
Georgian 775 0.43
Jewish 476 0.26
Greek 338 0.19
Romani 276 0.15
Bashkir 271 0.15
Lithuanian 264 0.15
Karachay 197 0.11
Kumyk 175 0.10
Chechen 80 0.04
Kazi-Kumukh 96 0.05
Romanian 53 0.03
Imeretian 40 0.02
Ingush 23 0.01
Turkmen 17 0.01
Dargin 11 0.01
Other 334 0.18
TOTAL 181,481 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Pyatigorsky otdel had a population of 200,486 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 103,598 men and 96,888 women, 117,908 of whom were the permanent population, and 82,578 were temporary residents:[6]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Russians 71,569 87.61 110,791 93.26 182,360 90.96
Other Europeans 3,969 4.86 6,952 5.85 10,921 5.45
Armenians 3,664 4.49 337 0.28 4,001 2.00
North Caucasians 1,201 1.47 432 0.36 1,633 0.81
Georgians 849 1.04 13 0.01 862 0.43
Jews 324 0.40 1 0.00 325 0.16
Shia Muslims[lower-alpha 3] 82 0.10 154 0.13 236 0.12
Roma 0 0.00 109 0.09 109 0.05
Sunni Muslims[lower-alpha 4] 31 0.04 0 0.00 31 0.02
Asiatic Christians 0 0.00 8 0.01 8 0.00
TOTAL 81,689 100.00 118,797 100.00 200,486 100.00

Notes
    • Russian: Пятиго́рскій отдѣ́лъ, romanized: Pyatigórsky otdél
  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 Tatars.[7]
  4. Primarily Turco-Tatars.[7]

References
  1. Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 180–187.
  3. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  4. Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  5. Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  6. Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 226–237.
  7. Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

Bibliography

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