Baku gradonachalstvo explained

Area Total Km2:1,059.76
Established Date:1906
Established Title:Established
Extinct Date:1917
Extinct Title:Abolished
Mapsize:220px
Baku gradonachalstvo
Native Name:Бакинское градоначальство
Native Name Lang:ru
Population As Of:1916
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Rural:35.34%
Population Total:405,829
Population Urban:64.66%
Seat:Baku
Seat Type:Capital
Settlement Type:Gradonachalstvo
Subdivision Name:Russian Empire
Subdivision Name1:Caucasus
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Viceroyalty
Total Type:Total

The Baku gradonachalstvo was a municipal district (gradonachalstvo) based around the city of Baku in the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The Baku gradonachalstvo was formed in 1906 on the territory of the Baku uezd of the Baku Governorate following the Armenian–Tatar Massacres, until its disestablishment after the revolution of 1917.[1] [2] The area of the Baku gradonachalstvo corresponded to the Absheron Peninsula, located in easternmost present-day Azerbaijan.

Administrative divisions

The police precincts (Russian: полицеймейстерство|translit={{ill|Politseymeysterstvo|lt=politseymeysterstvos|ru|Полицмейстер) of the Baku gradonachalstvo in 1917 were as follow:

NameAdministrative centrePopulationArea
Bakinskoye politseymeystersvo Baku262,422128.64verst2
Balakhano-Subunchinskoye politseymeystersvo Sabunchi (Sabunçu)143,407802.56verst2

The prefectures of the Balakhano-Subunchi Police Precinct in 1917 were as follow:

NameAdministrative centre
First prefecture Sabunchi (Sabunçu)
Second prefecture Romany (Ramana)
Third prefecture Zabrat
Fourth prefecture Balakhany (Balaxanı)
Sixth prefecture Surakhany (Suraxanı)
Seventh prefecture Binagady (Binəqədi)

The rural communities of the Balakhano-Subunchu Police Precinct in 1917 were as follow:

Demographics

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Baku gradonachalstvo had a population of 405,829 on, including 235,892 men and 169,937 women, 173,489 of whom were the permanent population, and 232,340 were temporary residents:

NationalityUrbanRuralTOTAL
Number%Number%Number%
Shia Muslims69,36626.4383,53258.25152,89837.68
Russians79,70230.3724,89717.36104,59925.77
Armenians62,35723.7614,80910.3377,16619.01
Sunni Muslims19,5107.4310,4207.2729,9307.38
North Caucasians6,6872.554,6993.2811,3862.81
Georgians6,9472.652,0271.418,9742.21
Jews6,4122.441,2380.867,6501.89
Other Europeans6,1972.361,3250.927,5221.85
Asiatic Christians4,3131.644600.324,7731.18
Roma2390.0900.002390.06
Kurds5010.1900.005010.12
Yazidis1910.0700.001910.05
TOTAL262,422100.00143,407100.00405,829100.00

Governors

Bibliography

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: October 28, 1906. Указ об учреждении Бакинского градоначальства :: Баку. live. 2021-11-28. bakucity.preslib.az. ru. https://web.archive.org/web/20211128141311/https://bakucity.preslib.az/ru/page/vfArVZHkhP . 2021-11-28 .
  2. Book: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. Акционерное издательское общество Ф. А. Брокгауз — И. А. Ефрон. 1907. St Petersburg. ru.