Batalpashinsky otdel explained

Area Total Km2:17,444.27
Established Date:1869
Established Title:Established
Extinct Date:1922
Extinct Title:Abolished
Mapsize:220px
Batalpashinsky otdel
Native Name:Баталпашинскій отдѣлъ
Native Name Lang:ru
Population As Of:1916
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Rural:100.00%
Population Total:298,208
Seat:Batalpashinskaya
(present-day Cherkessk)
Seat Type:Capital
Settlement Type:Otdel
Subdivision Name:Russian Empire
Subdivision Name1:Caucasus
Subdivision Name2:Kuban
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Viceroyalty
Subdivision Type2:Oblast
Total Type:Total

The Batalpashinsky otdel was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Kuban oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Stavropol Governorate to the north, the Labinsky and Maykopsky otdels to the west, the Sochi and Sukhumi okrugs to the south, and the Terek Oblast to the east. The area of the Batalpashinsky otdel included most of the contemporary Karachay-Cherkessia region of Russia. The administrative capital was the city of Batalpashinskaya (present-day Cherkessk).

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Batalpashinsky otdel in 1912 were as follows:

Name1912 population
1-y uchastok 61,259
2-y uchastok 72,300
3-y uchastok 71,791

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Batalpashinsky otdel had a population of 215,400 on, including 107,825 men and 107,575 women. The plurality of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Ukrainian and Karachay speaking minorities.[1]

Linguistic composition of the Batalpashinsky otdel in 1897!Language!Native speakers!%
Russian90,30541.92
Ukrainian58,42127.12
Karachay26,86712.47
Abkhaz10,3704.81
Kabardian8,4523.92
Nogai5,7462.67
German4,3922.04
Circassian3,9621.84
Ossetian1,8290.85
Tatar1,2320.57
Estonian8390.39
Belarusian7510.35
Jewish5300.25
Greek4190.19
Armenian3800.18
Polish1920.09
Mordovian1610.07
Romani1350.06
Kumyk1000.05
Georgian990.05
Kazi-Kumukh470.02
Romanian320.01
Avar-Andean290.01
Persian220.01
Turkish200.01
Czech130.01
Lithuanian50.00
Bulgarian30.00
Latvian30.00
Bashkir20.00
Other420.02
TOTAL215,400100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Batalpashinsky otdel had a population of 298,208 on, including 152,171 men and 146,037 women, 208,488 of whom were the permanent population, and 89,720 were temporary residents:

NationalityNumber%
Russians209,73370.33
North Caucasians77,85126.11
Other Europeans5,2761.77
Asiatic Christians3,2681.10
Jews1,0890.37
Sunni Muslims6010.20
Armenians3900.13
TOTAL298,208100.00

Bibliography

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. . 2022-05-17 . www.demoscope.ru.