Sunzhensky otdel
Otdel in Caucasus, Russian Empire From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Otdel in Caucasus, Russian Empire From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sunzhensky otdel[a] was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Terek oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Sunzhensky otdel makes up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia.[2][page needed]
Sunzhensky otdel
Сунженскій отдѣлъ | |
---|---|
Country | Russian Empire |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Oblast | Terek |
Established | 1888 |
Abolished | 1920 |
Capital | Vladikavkaz[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 22,694.30 km2 (8,762.32 sq mi) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 74,505 |
• Density | 3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi) |
• Rural | 100.00% |
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Sunzhensky otdel were as follows:[3]
Name | 1912 population |
---|---|
1-y uchastok (1-й участокъ) | 26,148 |
2-y uchastok (2-й участокъ) | 32,511 |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Sunzhensky otdel had a population of 115,370 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 58,502 men and 56,868 women. The majority of the population indicated Ingush to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian and Kabardian speaking minorities.
Language | Native speakers | % |
---|---|---|
Ingush | 46,214 | 40.06 |
Russian | 42,013 | 36.42 |
Kabardian | 16,088 | 13.94 |
Ukrainian | 3,891 | 3.37 |
Kumyk | 2,349 | 2.04 |
Chechen | 1,906 | 1.65 |
Ossetian | 871 | 0.75 |
German | 732 | 0.63 |
Georgian | 403 | 0.35 |
Belarusian | 233 | 0.20 |
Polish | 146 | 0.13 |
Armenian | 97 | 0.08 |
Tatar[b] | 85 | 0.07 |
Imeretian | 61 | 0.05 |
Romani | 60 | 0.05 |
Avar-Andean | 47 | 0.04 |
Kazi-Kumukh | 41 | 0.04 |
Circassian | 25 | 0.02 |
Bashkir | 22 | 0.02 |
Jewish | 18 | 0.02 |
Persian | 11 | 0.01 |
Dargin | 9 | 0.01 |
Romanian | 8 | 0.01 |
Nogai | 5 | 0.00 |
Greek | 3 | 0.00 |
Other | 32 | 0.03 |
TOTAL | 115,370 | 100.00 |
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Sunzhensky otdel had a population of 74,505 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 37,527 men and 36,978 women, 64,420 of whom were the permanent population, and 10,085 were temporary residents:[6]
Nationality | Number | % |
---|---|---|
Russians | 74,007 | 99.33 |
Georgians | 185 | 0.25 |
Armenians | 138 | 0.19 |
North Caucasians | 87 | 0.12 |
Other Europeans | 62 | 0.08 |
Sunni Muslims[c] | 26 | 0.03 |
TOTAL | 74,505 | 100.00 |
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