Sochinsky okrug

Sochinsky okrug
Сочинскій окргъ
Okrug
Coat of arms of Sochinsky okrug
Coat of arms
Location in the Black Sea Governorate
Location in the Black Sea Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
GovernorateBlack Sea
Established1849
Abolished1917
CapitalSochi
Area
 • Total
3,761.11 km2 (1,452.17 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total
62,920
 • Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
 • Urban
21.06%
 • Rural
78.94%

The Sochinsky okrug[a] 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 Tuapsinsky okrug to the west, the Sukhumi okrug to the east, and the Black Sea to the south. The area of the Sochinsky okrug mostly corresponds to the Krasnodar Krai region of the Russian Federation. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Sochi.[1]

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Sochinsky okrug had a population of 13,519 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 8,147 men and 5,372 women. The plurality of the population indicated Armenian to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian, Greek, Ukrainian, Circassian, and Georgian speaking minorities.[2]

Linguistic composition of the Sochinsky okrug in 1897
Language Native speakers %
Armenian 3,857 28.53
Russian 2,561 18.94
Greek 2,092 15.47
Ukrainian 1,240 9.17
Circassian 746 5.52
Georgian 681 5.04
Romanian 613 4.53
Estonian 599 4.43
Turkish 332 2.46
Mingrelian 269 1.99
German 166 1.23
Persian 59 0.44
Belarusian 53 0.39
Imeretian 52 0.38
Polish 49 0.36
Tatar[b] 28 0.21
Jewish 13 0.10
Czech 12 0.09
Other 97 0.72
TOTAL 13,519 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Sochinsky okrug had a population of 62,920 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 37,516 men and 25,404 women, 16,227 of whom were the permanent population, and 46,693 were temporary residents:[5]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Russians 9,653 72.83 22,170 44.64 31,823 50.58
Armenians 521 3.93 13,590 27.36 14,111 22.43
Other Europeans 1,003 7.57 8,324 16.76 9,327 14.82
Georgians 1,750 13.20 4,336 8.73 6,086 9.67
North Caucasians 22 0.17 732 1.47 754 1.20
Shia Muslims[c] 227 1.71 453 0.91 680 1.08
Jews 73 0.55 0 0.00 73 0.12
Sunni Muslims[d] 5 0.04 49 0.10 54 0.09
Roma 0 0.00 12 0.02 12 0.02
TOTAL 13,254 100.00 49,666 100.00 62,920 100.00

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".[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. ^ a b Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

Bibliography

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