Yeysky otdel

The Yeysky otdel[lower-alpha 1] was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Kuban oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Don Host Oblast to the north, the Black Sea to the west, the Kavkazsky otdel to the south, and the Stavropol Governorate to the east. The area of the Yeysky otdel included most of the contemporary Krasnodar Krai region of Russia. The administrative capital was the city of Umanskaya (present-day Leningradskaya).[1]

Yeysky otdel
Ейскій отдѣлъ
Otdel
Location in the Kuban Oblast
Location in the Kuban Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
OblastKuban
Established1869
Abolished1924
CapitalUmanskaya
(present-day Leningradskaya)
Area
 • Total13,802.24 km2 (5,329.07 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total384,846
 • Density28/km2 (72/sq mi)
 • Urban
11.63%
 • Rural
88.37%

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Yeysky otdel in 1912 were as follows:[2]

Name 1912 population
1-y uchastok (1-й участокъ) 75,450
2-y uchastok (2-й участокъ) 100,354
3-y uchastok (3-й участокъ) 72,463

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Yeysky otdel had a population of 277,300 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 140,344 men and 136,956 women. The majority of the population indicated Ukrainian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Russian speaking minority.[3]

Linguistic composition of the Yeysky otdel in 1897[3]
Language Native speakers %
Ukrainian 205,063 73.95
Russian 65,449 23.60
German 1,952 0.70
Belarusian 1,303 0.47
Armenian 936 0.34
Latvian 702 0.25
Tatar[lower-alpha 2] 508 0.18
Polish 295 0.11
Romani 285 0.10
Kalmyk 208 0.08
Greek 198 0.07
Georgian 84 0.03
Turkish 78 0.03
Jewish 76 0.03
Czech 30 0.01
Lithuanian 23 0.01
Avar-Andean 14 0.01
Romanian 14 0.01
Bulgarian 11 0.00
Mordovian 11 0.00
Persian 9 0.00
Kyurin 8 0.00
Kabardian 6 0.00
Bashkir 4 0.00
Kumyk 2 0.00
Ossetian 2 0.00
Circassian 1 0.00
Estonian 1 0.00
Other 27 0.01
TOTAL 277,300 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Yeysky otdel had a population of 384,846 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 191,196 men and 193,650 women, 360,038 of whom were the permanent population, and 24,808 were temporary residents:[6]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Russians 43,950 98.18 338,119 99.42 382,069 99.28
Other Europeans 252 0.56 1,378 0.41 1,630 0.42
Armenians 381 0.85 389 0.11 770 0.20
Shia Muslims[lower-alpha 3] 86 0.19 86 0.03 172 0.04
Sunni Muslims[lower-alpha 4] 60 0.13 60 0.02 120 0.03
Jews 36 0.08 35 0.01 71 0.02
North Caucasians 0 0.00 8 0.00 8 0.00
Roma 0 0.00 6 0.00 6 0.00
TOTAL 44,765 100.00 340,081 100.00 384,846 100.00

Notes
  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. 176–183.
  3. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  4. Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  5. Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  6. Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 222–229.
  7. Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

Bibliography

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