Kizlyarsky otdel should not be confused with Kizlyarsky District.
| Area Total Km2: | 5,756.56 |
| Established Date: | 1785 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Extinct Date: | 1924 |
| Extinct Title: | Abolished |
| Mapsize: | 220px |
| Kizlyarsky otdel | |
| Native Name: | Килярскій отдѣлъ |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Population As Of: | 1916 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Rural: | 88.19% |
| Population Total: | 136,749 |
| Population Urban: | 11.81% |
| Seat: | Grozny |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Settlement Type: | Otdel |
| Subdivision Name: | Russian Empire |
| Subdivision Name1: | Caucasus |
| Subdivision Name2: | Terek |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Viceroyalty |
| Subdivision Type2: | Oblast |
| Total Type: | Total |
The Kizlyarsky otdel was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Terek oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Kizlyarsky otdel makes up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Kizlyar.
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Kizlyarsky otdel were as follows:
| Name | 1912 population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-y uchastok | 15,007 | |
| 2-y uchastok | 28,325 | |
| 3-y uchastok | 19,194 | |
| 4-y uchastok | 35,290 |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kizlyarsky otdel had a population of 102,395 on, including 53,605 men and 48,790 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Nogai speaking minority.[1]
| Russian | 53,785 | 52.53 | |
| Nogai | 31,650 | 30.91 | |
| Armenian | 4,681 | 4.57 | |
| Ukrainian | 4,139 | 4.04 | |
| Kalmyk | 1,417 | 1.38 | |
| Georgian | 1,030 | 1.01 | |
| Turkmen | 1,029 | 1.00 | |
| Kumyk | 988 | 0.96 | |
| Tatar | 955 | 0.93 | |
| Chechen | 864 | 0.84 | |
| Dargin | 571 | 0.56 | |
| Persian | 233 | 0.23 | |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 195 | 0.19 | |
| Polish | 177 | 0.17 | |
| German | 113 | 0.11 | |
| Romani | 107 | 0.10 | |
| Ossetian | 105 | 0.10 | |
| Jewish | 104 | 0.10 | |
| Avar-Andean | 101 | 0.10 | |
| Ingush | 41 | 0.04 | |
| Circassian | 13 | 0.01 | |
| Greek | 13 | 0.01 | |
| Belarusian | 8 | 0.01 | |
| Romanian | 8 | 0.01 | |
| Kabardian | 7 | 0.01 | |
| Lithuanian | 7 | 0.01 | |
| Imeretian | 2 | 0.00 | |
| Karachay | 2 | 0.00 | |
| Other | 50 | 0.05 | |
| TOTAL | 102,395 | 100.00 |
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According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Kizlyarsky otdel had a population of 136,749 on, including 71,901 men and 64,848 women, 119,287 of whom were the permanent population, and 17,462 were temporary residents:
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Russians | 6,522 | 40.38 | 86,774 | 71.95 | 93,296 | 68.22 | |
| Sunni Muslims | 0 | 0.00 | 28,294 | 23.46 | 28,294 | 20.69 | |
| Armenians | 6,203 | 38.41 | 998 | 0.83 | 7,201 | 5.27 | |
| Shia Muslims | 687 | 4.25 | 2,745 | 2.28 | 3,432 | 2.51 | |
| North Caucasians | 1,726 | 10.69 | 691 | 0.57 | 2,417 | 1.77 | |
| Georgians | 438 | 2.71 | 746 | 0.62 | 1,184 | 0.87 | |
| Jews | 420 | 2.60 | 152 | 0.13 | 572 | 0.42 | |
| Other Europeans | 155 | 0.96 | 198 | 0.16 | 353 | 0.26 | |
| TOTAL | 16,151 | 100.00 | 120,598 | 100.00 | 136,749 | 100.00 | |