| Area Total Km2: | 3,708.80 |
| Established Date: | 1839 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Extinct Date: | 1928 |
| Extinct Title: | Abolished |
| Mapsize: | 220px |
| Samurskiy okrug | |
| Native Name: | Самурский округ |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Population As Of: | 1916 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Rural: | 100.00% |
| Population Total: | 71,556 |
| Seat: | Akhty |
| 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 Samurskiy okrug was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Samurskiy okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Akhty.
The prefectures of the Samurskiy okrug in 1917 were:
| Name | 1912 population | |
|---|---|---|
| Akhtyparinskiy prefecture | 29,309 | |
| Dokuzparinskiy prefecture | 21,489 | |
| Luchekskiy prefecture | 19,042 |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Samurskiy okrug had a population of 35,633 on, including 15,284 men and 20,349 women. The majority of the population indicated Lezgin ("Kyurin") to be their mother tongue.[1]
| Lezgian | 33,965 | 95.32 | |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 515 | 1.45 | |
| Tatar | 379 | 1.06 | |
| Kumyk | 346 | 0.97 | |
| Avar-Andean | 174 | 0.49 | |
| Russian | 103 | 0.29 | |
| Dargin | 63 | 0.18 | |
| Polish | 44 | 0.12 | |
| Lithuanian | 13 | 0.04 | |
| Georgian | 7 | 0.02 | |
| Armenian | 3 | 0.01 | |
| Jewish | 3 | 0.01 | |
| German | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Other | 17 | 0.05 | |
| TOTAL | 35,633 | 100.00 |
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According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Samurskiy okrug had a population of 71,556 on, including 37,486 men and 34,070 women, 71,193 of whom were the permanent population, and 363 were temporary residents:
| Nationality | Number | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Caucasians | 68,432 | 95.63 | |
| Shia Muslims | 2,761 | 3.86 | |
| Russians | 306 | 0.43 | |
| Other Europeans | 49 | 0.07 | |
| Armenians | 7 | 0.01 | |
| Jews | 1 | 0.00 | |
| TOTAL | 71,556 | 100.00 |