Tuapsinsky okrug

The Tuapsinsky okrug[lower-alpha 1] was a district (okrug) of the Black Sea Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Kuban Oblast to the north, the Novorossiysky okrug to the west, the Sochinsky okrug to the east, and the Black Sea to the south. The area of the Tuapsinsky okrug mostly corresponds to the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Tuapse.[1]

Tuapsinsky okrug
Туапсинскій округъ
Okrug
Coat of arms of Tuapsinsky okrug
Coat of arms
Location in the Black Sea Governorate
Location in the Black Sea Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
GovernorateBlack Sea
Established1849
Abolished1917
CapitalTuapse
Area
 • Total1,777.49 km2 (686.29 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total40,365
 • Density23/km2 (59/sq mi)
 • Urban
44.14%
 • Rural
55.86%

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Tuapsinsky okrug had a population of 9,051, including 5,249 men and 3,802 women. The plurality of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Ukrainian, Armenian, and Circassian speaking minorities.[2]

Linguistic composition of the Tuapsinsky okrug in 1897
Language Native speakers %
Russian2,78230.74
Ukrainian2,17023.98
Armenian1,68918.66
Circassian1,17913.03
Greek3754.14
Czech2692.97
Romanian1441.59
Polish830.92
German820.91
Turkish800.88
Persian520.57
Imeretian350.39
Georgian300.33
Belarusian220.24
Mingrelian150.17
Jewish110.12
Tatar[lower-alpha 2]30.03
Estonian20.02
Other280.31
TOTAL 9,051 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Tuapsinsky okrug had a population of 40,365 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 25,053 men and 15,312 women, 15,642 of whom were the permanent population, and 24,723 were temporary residents:[5]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Russians 11,634 65.30 15,262 67.69 26,896 66.63
Asiatic Christians 3,407 19.12 1,924 8.53 5,331 13.21
North Caucasians 250 1.40 2,606 11.56 2,856 7.08
Armenians 1,036 5.81 1,803 8.00 2,839 7.03
Other Europeans 1,073 6.02 751 3.33 1,824 4.52
Shia Muslims[lower-alpha 3] 333 1.87 195 0.86 528 1.31
Jews 77 0.43 0 0.00 77 0.19
Sunni Muslims[lower-alpha 4] 7 0.04 7 0.03 14 0.03
TOTAL 17,817 100.00 22,548 100.00 40,365 100.00

Notes
    • Russian: Туапси́нскій о́кругъ, romanized: Tuapsínsky 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.[6]
  4. Primarily Turco-Tatars.[6]

References
  1. Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  3. Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  4. Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  5. Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 214–217.
  6. Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

Bibliography

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