Groznensky okrug should not be confused with Groznensky District.
| Area Total Km2: | 4,972.44 |
| Established Date: | 1888 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Extinct Date: | 1921 |
| Extinct Title: | Abolished |
| Mapsize: | 220px |
| Groznensky okrug | |
| Native Name: | Грозненскій округъ |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Population As Of: | 1916 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Rural: | 72.64% |
| Population Total: | 195,744 |
| Population Urban: | 27.36% |
| Seat: | Grozny |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Settlement Type: | Okrug |
| Subdivision Name: | Russian Empire |
| Subdivision Name1: | Caucasus |
| Subdivision Name2: | Terek |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Viceroyalty |
| Subdivision Type2: | Oblast |
| Total Type: | Total |
The Groznensky okrug was a district (okrug) of the Terek Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Groznensky okrug made up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Grozny.
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Groznensky okrug were as follows:
| Name | 1912 population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-y uchastok | 27,718 | |
| 2-y uchastok | 20,557 | |
| 3-y uchastok | – | |
| 4-y uchastok | 26,772 |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Groznensky okrug had a population of 226,035 on, including 117,888 men and 108,147 women. The majority of the population indicated Chechen to be their mother tongue, with a significant Russian speaking minority.[1]
| Chechen | 202,273 | 89.49 | |
| Russian | 12,945 | 5.73 | |
| Kumyk | 1,930 | 0.85 | |
| Jewish | 1,825 | 0.81 | |
| Ukrainian | 1,506 | 0.67 | |
| Circassian | 1,037 | 0.46 | |
| Polish | 849 | 0.38 | |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 786 | 0.35 | |
| Avar-Andean | 460 | 0.20 | |
| Armenian | 399 | 0.18 | |
| Tatar | 354 | 0.16 | |
| Persian | 301 | 0.13 | |
| Georgian | 248 | 0.11 | |
| Dargin | 210 | 0.09 | |
| Lithuanian | 208 | 0.09 | |
| German | 164 | 0.07 | |
| Ingush | 136 | 0.06 | |
| Greek | 96 | 0.04 | |
| Bashkir | 66 | 0.03 | |
| Belarusian | 34 | 0.02 | |
| Romani | 31 | 0.01 | |
| Romanian | 30 | 0.01 | |
| Ossetian | 15 | 0.01 | |
| Nogai | 13 | 0.01 | |
| Turkmen | 7 | 0.00 | |
| Imeretian | 6 | 0.00 | |
| Karachay | 6 | 0.00 | |
| Kabardian | 4 | 0.00 | |
| Other | 96 | 0.04 | |
| TOTAL | 226,035 | 100.00 |
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According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Groznensky okrug had a population of 195,744 on, including 108,989 men and 86,755 women, 148,978 of whom were the permanent population, and 46,766 were temporary residents:
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| North Caucasians | 7,069 | 13.20 | 126,011 | 88.62 | 133,080 | 67.99 | |
| Russians | 42,353 | 79.09 | 15,422 | 10.85 | 57,775 | 29.52 | |
| Other Europeans | 1,488 | 2.78 | 430 | 0.30 | 1,918 | 0.98 | |
| Armenians | 1,512 | 2.82 | 332 | 0.23 | 1,844 | 0.94 | |
| Jews | 1,127 | 2.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,127 | 0.58 | |
| TOTAL | 53,549 | 100.00 | 142,195 | 100.00 | 195,744 | 100.00 | |