| Area Total Km2: | 15,866.18 |
| Established Date: | 1876 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Extinct Date: | 1924 |
| Extinct Title: | Abolished |
| Mapsize: | 220px |
| Kavkazsky otdel | |
| Native Name: | Кавказскій отдѣлъ |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Population As Of: | 1916 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Rural: | 100.00% |
| Population Total: | 462,235 |
| Seat: | Kavkazskaya |
| 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 Kavkazsky otdel was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Kuban oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Yeysky otdel to the north, the Tamansky otdel to the west, the Yekaterinodarsky and Maykopsky otdels to the south, and the Stavropol Governorate to the east. The area of the Kavkazsky otdel mostly corresponded to the contemporary Krasnodar Krai region of the Russian Federation. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Kavkazskaya.
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Kavkazsky otdel in 1912 were as follows:
| Name | 1912 population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-y uchastok | 44,713 | |
| 2-y uchastok | 40,780 | |
| 3-y uchastok | 59,122 | |
| 4-y uchastok | 56,488 |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kavkazsky otdel had a population of 249,182 on, including 126,540 men and 122,642 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ukrainian speaking minority.[1]
| Russian | 127,385 | 51.12 | |
| Ukrainian | 114,037 | 45.76 | |
| German | 3,972 | 1.59 | |
| Belarusian | 757 | 0.30 | |
| Armenian | 728 | 0.29 | |
| Polish | 378 | 0.15 | |
| Tatar | 335 | 0.13 | |
| Romanian | 307 | 0.12 | |
| Romani | 279 | 0.11 | |
| Greek | 182 | 0.07 | |
| Czech | 117 | 0.05 | |
| Latvian | 101 | 0.04 | |
| Bulgarian | 96 | 0.04 | |
| Mordovian | 89 | 0.04 | |
| Georgian | 85 | 0.03 | |
| Kalmyk | 66 | 0.03 | |
| Ossetian | 63 | 0.03 | |
| Turkish | 36 | 0.01 | |
| Jewish | 30 | 0.01 | |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 23 | 0.01 | |
| Kyurin | 23 | 0.01 | |
| Circassian | 17 | 0.01 | |
| Lithuanian | 15 | 0.01 | |
| Kabardian | 12 | 0.00 | |
| Kumyk | 10 | 0.00 | |
| Persian | 6 | 0.00 | |
| Nogai | 5 | 0.00 | |
| Estonian | 3 | 0.00 | |
| Avar-Andean | 2 | 0.00 | |
| Karachay | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Other | 22 | 0.01 | |
| TOTAL | 249,182 | 100.00 |
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According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Kavkazsky otdel had a population of 462,235 on, including 235,883 men and 226,352 women, 235,550 of whom were the permanent population, and 226,685 were temporary residents:
| Nationality | Number | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russians | 454,981 | 98.43 | |
| Other Europeans | 5,280 | 1.14 | |
| Armenians | 1,046 | 0.23 | |
| Shia Muslims | 629 | 0.14 | |
| Georgians | 224 | 0.05 | |
| North Caucasians | 72 | 0.02 | |
| Jews | 3 | 0.00 | |
| TOTAL | 462,235 | 100.00 |