Maykopsky otdel explained

Area Total Km2:16,428.79
Established Date:1869
Established Title:Established
Extinct Date:1924
Extinct Title:Abolished
Mapsize:220px
Maykopsky otdel
Native Name:Майкопскій отдѣлъ
Native Name Lang:ru
Population As Of:1916
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Rural:88.31%
Population Total:468,453
Population Urban:11.69%
Seat:Maykop
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 Maykopsky otdel was a district (otdel - literally "department") of the Kuban oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Kavkazsky otdel to the north, the Yekaterinodarsky otdel to the west, the Black Sea Governorate to the south, and the Labinsky and Batalpashinsky otdels to the east. The area of the Maykopsky otdel mostly corresponded to Adygea within Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Maykop.

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Maykopsky otdel in 1912 were as follows:

Name1912 population
1-y uchastok 50,811
2-y uchastok 55,927
3-y uchastok 68,841
4-y uchastok 31,570

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Maykopsky otdel had a population of 283,117 on, including 143,979 men and 139,138 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ukrainian speaking minority.[1]

Linguistic composition of the Maykopsky otdel in 1897!Language!Native speakers!%
Great-Russian (Russian)161,23056.95
Little-Russian (Ukrainian)88,58831.29
Circassian13,8924.91
Kabardian5,8512.07
White-Russian (Belarusian)3,5731.26
Abkhaz2,1010.74
Armenian1,8350.65
Greek1,5970.56
German7760.27
Mordovian7540.27
Tatar6290.22
Jewish4860.17
Polish3560.13
Romani2680.09
Turkish2580.09
Czech2010.07
Romanian1930.07
Georgian1460.05
Nogai670.02
Kazi-Kumukh480.02
Bulgarian410.01
Kumyk390.01
Persian390.01
Lithuanian250.01
Kyurin160.01
Bashkir140.00
Avar-Andean90.00
Ossetian90.00
Kalmyk80.00
Estonian30.00
Karachay20.00
Other630.02
TOTAL283,117100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Maykopsky otdel had a population of 468,453 on, including 235,003 men and 233,450 women, 238,783 of whom were the permanent population, and 229,670 were temporary residents:

NationalityUrbanRuralTOTAL
Number%Number%Number%
Russians52,77696.37382,23592.40435,01192.86
North Caucasians1450.2625,0806.0625,2255.38
Sunni Muslims00.004,6291.124,6290.99
Armenians6311.151,0900.261,7210.37
Other Europeans6931.276570.161,3500.29
Jews4590.8400.004590.10
Georgians580.1100.00580.01
TOTAL54,762100.00413,691100.00468,453100.00

Bibliography

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. . 2022-05-17 . www.demoscope.ru.