Kyurinskiy okrug explained

Area Total Km2:3,490.27
Established Date:1865
Established Title:Established
Extinct Date:1928
Extinct Title:Abolished
Mapsize:220px
Kyurinskiy okrug
Native Name:Кюринский округ
Native Name Lang:ru
Population As Of:1916
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Rural:100.00%
Population Total:117,218
Seat:Kasumkent
Seat Type:Capital
Settlement Type:Okrug
Subdivision Name:Russian Empire
Subdivision Name1:Caucasus
Subdivision Name2:Dagestan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Viceroyalty
Subdivision Type2:Oblast
Total Type:Total

The Kyurinskiy okrug was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Kyurinskiy okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Kasumkent.

Administrative divisions

The prefectures of the Kyurinskiy okrug in 1917 were:

Name1912 populationArea
Gyuneyskiy prefecture 21,162673.73verst2
Kurakhskiy prefecture 16,6621020.66verst2
Kutur-Kyurinskiy prefecture 20,938434.06verst2
Yuzhno-Tabasaranskiy prefecture 20,023610.1verst2
Ulusskiy magal 2,688328.3verst2

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kyurinskiy okrug had a population of 77,680 on, including 39,039 men and 38,641 women. The majority of the population indicated Kyurin to be their mother tongue, with a significant Kazi-Kumukh speaking minority.[1]

Linguistic composition of the Kyurinskiy okrug in 1897!Language!Native speakers!%
Kyurin59,30976.35
Kazi-Kumukh13,69417.63
Tat2,4663.17
Tatar1,3211.70
Jewish5300.68
Russian1780.23
Avar-Andean500.06
Dargin450.06
Armenian160.02
Ukrainian130.02
Georgian120.02
Kumyk50.01
Persian20.00
Polish20.00
Chechen10.00
German10.00
Lithuanian10.00
Other340.04
TOTAL77,680100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Kyurinskiy okrug had a population of 86,050 on, including 44,712 men and 41,338 women, 84,965 of whom were the permanent population, and 1,085 were temporary residents:

NationalityNumber%
North Caucasians81,03794.17
Jews3,2013.72
Shia Muslims1,2131.41
Russians5910.69
Other Europeans50.01
Armenians30.00
TOTAL86,050100.00

Bibliography

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. . 2022-07-07 . www.demoscope.ru.