Sochinsky okrug explained

Area Total Km2:3,761.11
Established Date:1849
Established Title:Established
Extinct Date:1917
Extinct Title:Abolished
Mapsize:220px
Sochinsky okrug
Native Name:Сочинскій окргъ
Native Name Lang:ru
Population As Of:1916
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Rural:78.94%
Population Total:62,920
Population Urban:21.06%
Seat:Sochi
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 Sochinsky 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 west, the Sukhumi okrug to the east, and the Black Sea to the south. The area of the Sochinsky okrug mostly corresponds to the Krasnodar Krai region of the Russian Federation. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Sochi.

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Sochinsky okrug had a population of 13,519 on, including 8,147 men and 5,372 women. The plurality of the population indicated Armenian to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian, Greek, Ukrainian, Circassian, and Georgian speaking minorities.[1]

Linguistic composition of the Sochinsky okrug in 1897!Language!Native speakers!%
Armenian3,85728.53
Russian2,56118.94
Greek2,09215.47
Ukrainian1,2409.17
Circassian7465.52
Georgian6815.04
Romanian6134.53
Estonian5994.43
Turkish3322.46
Mingrelian2691.99
German1661.23
Persian590.44
Belarusian530.39
Imeretian520.38
Polish490.36
Tatar280.21
Jewish130.10
Czech120.09
Other970.72
TOTAL13,519100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Sochinsky okrug had a population of 62,920 on, including 37,516 men and 25,404 women, 16,227 of whom were the permanent population, and 46,693 were temporary residents:

NationalityUrbanRuralTOTAL
Number%Number%Number%
Russians9,65372.8322,17044.6431,82350.58
Armenians5213.9313,59027.3614,11122.43
Other Europeans1,0037.578,32416.769,32714.82
Georgians1,75013.204,3368.736,0869.67
North Caucasians220.177321.477541.20
Shia Muslims2271.714530.916801.08
Jews730.5500.00730.12
Sunni Muslims50.04490.10540.09
Roma00.00120.02120.02
TOTAL13,254100.0049,666100.0062,920100.00

Bibliography

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. . 2022-05-08 . www.demoscope.ru.