| Area Total Km2: | 1,137.07 |
| Established Date: | 1849 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Extinct Date: | 1917 |
| Extinct Title: | Abolished |
| Mapsize: | 220px |
| Novorossiysky okrug | |
| Native Name: | Новороссійскій округъ |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Population As Of: | 1916 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Rural: | 31.15% |
| Population Total: | 75,021 |
| Population Urban: | 68.85% |
| Seat: | Novorossiysk |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Settlement Type: | Okrug |
| Subdivision Name: | Russian Empire |
| Subdivision Name1: | Caucasus |
| Subdivision Name2: | Black Sea |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Viceroyalty |
| Subdivision Type2: | Governorate |
| Total Type: | Total |
The Novorossiysky okrug was a district (okrug) of the Black Sea Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Kuban Oblast to the north, the Tuapsinsky okrug to the east, and the Black Sea to the south. The area of the Novorossiysky okrug mostly corresponds to the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Novorossiysk.
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Novorossiysky okrug had a population of 34,908 on, including 21,380 men and 13,528 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Ukrainian and Greek speaking minorities.[1]
| Russian | 19,292 | 55.27 | |
| Ukrainian | 5,842 | 16.74 | |
| Greek | 3,502 | 10.03 | |
| Czech | 1,009 | 2.89 | |
| Jewish | 966 | 2.77 | |
| Armenian | 739 | 2.12 | |
| Polish | 599 | 1.72 | |
| Belarusian | 584 | 1.67 | |
| German | 500 | 1.43 | |
| Tatar | 260 | 0.74 | |
| Georgian | 256 | 0.73 | |
| Turkish | 238 | 0.68 | |
| Estonian | 190 | 0.54 | |
| Romanian | 166 | 0.48 | |
| Persian | 99 | 0.28 | |
| Imeretian | 71 | 0.20 | |
| Mingrelian | 20 | 0.06 | |
| Circassian | 14 | 0.04 | |
| Other | 561 | 1.61 | |
| TOTAL | 34,908 | 100.00 |
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According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Novorossiysky okrug had a population of 75,021 on, including 41,919 men and 33,102 women, 37,544 of whom were the permanent population, and 37,477 were temporary residents:
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Russians | 44,295 | 85.76 | 16,907 | 72.34 | 61,202 | 81.58 | |
| Other Europeans | 4,170 | 8.07 | 6,032 | 25.81 | 10,202 | 13.60 | |
| Jews | 1,634 | 3.16 | 9 | 0.04 | 1,643 | 2.19 | |
| Armenians | 790 | 1.53 | 319 | 1.36 | 1,109 | 1.48 | |
| North Caucasians | 400 | 0.77 | 94 | 0.40 | 494 | 0.66 | |
| Shia Muslims | 362 | 0.70 | 1 | 0.00 | 363 | 0.48 | |
| Asiatic Christians | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.01 | |
| TOTAL | 51,651 | 100.00 | 23,370 | 100.00 | 75,021 | 100.00 | |