Batumi okrug explained

Area Total Km2:3,703.31
Established Date:1878
Established Title:Established
Extinct Date:3 March 1918
Extinct Title:Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Mapsize:220px
Batumi okrug
Native Name:Батумский округ
Native Name Lang:ru
Population As Of:1916
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Rural:76.56%
Population Total:85,397
Population Urban:23.44%
Seat:Batum
(present-day Batumi)
Seat Type:Capital
Settlement Type:Okrug
Subdivision Name:Russian Empire
Subdivision Name1:Caucasus
Subdivision Name2:Batum
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Viceroyalty
Subdivision Type2:Oblast
Total Type:Total

The Batumi okrug was a district (okrug) of the Batum Oblast of the Russian Empire existing between 1878 and 1918. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, the town of Batum (present-day Batumi), now part of Adjara within Georgia. The okrug bordered with the Artvin okrug in the south, the Ardahan okrug of the Kars Oblast to the southeast, the Tiflis Governorate to the northeast, the Kutaisi Governorate (of which it was a part in 1883–1903) to the north, and the Trebizond Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire to the west.

Administrative divisions

The prefectures of the Batumi okrug were:

NameAdministrative centre1912 populationArea
Verkhne-Adzharskiy prefecture Khulo21,7781127.85verst2
Goniyskiy prefecture Maradidi Verkhniye10,310688.24verst2
Nizhne-Adzharskiy prefecture Kedy (Keda)17,974783.83verst2
Kintrishskiy prefecture Komarovskoye17,961654.43verst2

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Batumi okrug had a population of 88,444 on, including 53,149 men and 35,295 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian, Armenian and Greek speaking minorities.[1]

Linguistic composition of the Batumi okrug in 1897!Language!Native speakers!%
Georgian56,49863.88
Russian7,2178.16
Armenian7,1208.05
Greek4,6505.26
Turkish3,1993.62
Kurdish1,6991.92
Ukrainian1,6371.85
Jewish1,0761.22
Polish8901.01
Persian7650.86
Abkhazian6870.78
Mingrelian6350.72
German3560.40
Tatar3500.40
Imeretian3410.39
Lithuanian1570.18
Sartic1560.18
Belarusian760.09
Avar-Andean560.06
Kazi-Kumukh470.05
English380.04
Ossetian280.03
Romanian270.03
Svan170.02
Estonian110.01
Other7110.80
ТОТАL88,444100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Batumi okrug had a population of 85,397 on, including 47,532 men and 37,865 women, 61,347 of whom were the permanent population, and 24,050 were temporary residents:

NationalityUrbanRuralTOTAL
Number%Number%Number%
Georgians6,48132.3745,62769.7952,10861.02
Sunni Muslims750.3714,16321.6614,23816.67
Russians4,82524.103,3945.198,2199.62
Armenians5,52427.592400.375,7646.75
Asiatic Christians1,0975.481,0781.652,1752.55
Other Europeans8554.27960.159511.11
Jews5972.98100.026070.71
Kurds80.045440.835520.65
Shia Muslims3861.93250.044110.48
North Caucasians1720.861800.283520.41
Roma00.00200.03200.02
TOTAL20,020100.0065,377100.0085,397100.00

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. . 2022-03-26 . www.demoscope.ru.