Gunibskiy okrug

Gunibskiy okrug
Гунибский округ
Okrug
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
OblastDagestan
Established1860
Abolished1928
CapitalGunib
Area
 • Total
3,894.82 km2 (1,503.80 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total
76,175
 • Density20/km2 (51/sq mi)
 • Rural
100.00%

The Gunibskiy okrug[a] was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Gunibskiy okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's centre was Gunib.[1][page needed]

Administrative divisions

The prefectures (участки, uchastki) of the Gunibskiy okrug in 1917 were:[2][3]

Name 1912 population Area
Andalyalskiy prefecture (Андаляльский участок) 14,623 312.69 square versts (355.86 km2; 137.40 sq mi)
Ants.-Kapuchinskiy prefecture (Анц.-Капучинский участок) 15,607 1,831.78 square versts (2,084.68 km2; 804.90 sq mi)
Kuyadinskiy prefecture (Куядинский участок) 10,076 256.95 square versts (292.43 km2; 112.91 sq mi)
Tilitl-Gidatlinskiy prefecture (Тилитлъ-Гидатлинский участок) 18,829 812.00 square versts (924.11 km2; 356.80 sq mi)
Tleyserukhskiy prefecture (Тлейсерухский участок) 14,443 1,108.91 square versts (1,262.01 km2; 487.26 sq mi)

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Gunibskiy okrug had a population of 37,639 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 18,890 men and 18,749 women. The majority of the population indicated Avar to be their mother tongue.[4]

Linguistic composition of the Gunibskiy okrug in 1897[4]
Language Native speakers %
Avar-Andean 52,227 93.43
Kazi-Kumukh 2,113 3.78
Dargin 774 1.38
Russian 376 0.67
Ukrainian 159 0.28
Polish 84 0.15
Tatar[b] 35 0.06
Jewish 33 0.06
Kumyk 17 0.03
Lithuanian 16 0.03
Armenian 10 0.02
German 8 0.01
Georgian 7 0.01
Belarusian 1 0.00
Other 39 0.07
TOTAL 55,899 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Gunibskiy okrug had a population of 76,175 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 38,079 men and 38,096 women, 76,088 of whom were the permanent population, and 87 were temporary residents:[7]

Nationality Number %
North Caucasians 76,088 99.89
Russians 75 0.10
Armenians 6 0.01
Other Europeans 6 0.01
TOTAL 76,175 100.00

Notes

  1. ^
  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".[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 28–46.
  3. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 144–151.
  4. ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  5. ^ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  6. ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  7. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 186–193.

Bibliography

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