| Area Total Km2: | 72,443.86 |
| Elevation Max M: | 5,642 |
| Elevation Max Point: | Elbrus |
| Established Date: | 1873 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Extinct Date: | 1917 |
| Extinct Title: | Abolished |
| Mapsize: | 220px |
| Terek oblast | |
| Native Name: | Терская область |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Population As Of: | 1916 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Rural: | 82.50% |
| Population Total: | 1,377,923 |
| Population Urban: | 17.50% |
| Seat: | Vladikavkaz |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Settlement Type: | Oblast |
| Subdivision Name: | Russian Empire |
| Subdivision Name1: | Caucasus |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Viceroyalty |
| Total Type: | Total |
The Terek Oblast was a province (oblast) of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, roughly corresponding to the central part of Russia's North Caucasian Federal District. Тhe оblast was created out of the former territories of the North Caucasian Peoples, following their conquests by Russia throughout the 19th century. The Terek Oblast bordered the Astrakhan and Stavropol governorates to the north, the Kuban Oblast to the west, the Kutaisi and Tiflis governorates to the south, and the Dagestan Oblast to the east. The administrative center of the oblast was Vladikavkaz, the current capital of North Ossetia–Alania within Russia.
The districts (okrugs), Cossack districts (otdels), and of the Terek oblast in 1917 were as follows:
| Name | Capital | Population | Area | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | 1916 | ||||
| Vedensky okrug | Vedeno | – | 127,718 | 3341.69verst2 | |
| Vladikavkazsky okrug | Vladikavkaz | 134,947 | 207,742 | 5023.1verst2 | |
| Groznensky okrug | Grozny | 226,035 | 195,744 | 4369.22verst2 | |
| Nazranovskiy Okrug | Nazran | – | 59,046 | 1341verst2 | |
| Nalchiksky okrug | Nalchik | 102,908 | 180,534 | 10458.35verst2 | |
| Kizlyarsky otdel | Kizlyar | 102,395 | 136,749 | 5058.21verst2 | |
| Mozdoksky otdel | Mozdok | – | 107,745 | 3284.75verst2 | |
| Pyatigorsky otdel | Pyatigorsk | 181,481 | 200,486 | 5838.69verst2 | |
| Sunzhensky otdel | Sunzhenskaya (Sunzha) | 115,370 | 74,505 | 19941.18verst2 | |
| Khasavyurtovsky okrug | Khasavyurt | 70,800 | 87,654 | 4699.26verst2 | |
| Karanogayskoye pristavstvo | – | – | – | – | |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Terek oblast had a population of 933,936 on, including 485,568 men and 448,368 women. The plurality of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Chechen, Ossetian, Kabardian, and Ingush speaking minorities.[1]
| Language | Native speakers | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russian | 271,185 | 29.04 | |
| Chechen | 223,347 | 23.91 | |
| Ossetian | 96,621 | 10.35 | |
| Kabardian | 84,093 | 9.00 | |
| Ingush | 47,184 | 5.05 | |
| Ukrainian | 42,036 | 4.50 | |
| Nogai | 36,577 | 3.92 | |
| Kumyk | 31,826 | 3.41 | |
| Tatar | 27,370 | 2.93 | |
| Avar-Andean | 15,721 | 1.68 | |
| Armenian | 11,803 | 1.26 | |
| German | 9,672 | 1.04 | |
| Jewish | 6,328 | 0.68 | |
| Georgian | 5,893 | 0.63 | |
| Persian | 4,245 | 0.45 | |
| Polish | 4,173 | 0.45 | |
| Kalmyk | 3,595 | 0.38 | |
| Circassian | 2,565 | 0.27 | |
| Belarusian | 1,423 | 0.15 | |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 1,416 | 0.15 | |
| Dargin | 1,067 | 0.11 | |
| Turkmen | 1,057 | 0.11 | |
| Greek | 958 | 0.10 | |
| Lithuanian | 789 | 0.08 | |
| Imeretian | 756 | 0.08 | |
| Romani | 493 | 0.05 | |
| Bashkir | 398 | 0.04 | |
| Karachay | 216 | 0.02 | |
| Romanian | 156 | 0.02 | |
| Other | 973 | 0.10 | |
| TOTAL | 933,936 | 100.00 |
| Male | Female | Both | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | ||||
| Muslim | 254,785 | 234,889 | 489,674 | 52.43 | |
| Eastern Orthodox | 190,536 | 178,175 | 368,711 | 39.48 | |
| Old Believer | 16,908 | 17,846 | 34,754 | 3.72 | |
| Armenian Apostolic | 7,674 | 6,798 | 14,472 | 1.55 | |
| Lutheran | 4,863 | 4,494 | 9,357 | 1.00 | |
| Judaism | 3,652 | 2,924 | 6,576 | 0.70 | |
| Roman Catholic | 4,559 | 1,086 | 5,645 | 0.60 | |
| Buddhist | 2,235 | 1,894 | 4,129 | 0.44 | |
| Reformed | 129 | 102 | 231 | 0.02 | |
| Mennonite | 95 | 103 | 198 | 0.02 | |
| Armenian Catholic | 39 | 33 | 72 | 0.01 | |
| Baptist | 18 | 14 | 32 | 0.00 | |
| Anglican | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.00 | |
| Karaite | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.00 | |
| Other Christian denomination | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.00 | |
| Other non-Christian denomination | 60 | 6 | 66 | 0.01 | |
| TOTAL | 485,568 | 448,368 | 933,936 | 100.00 | |
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Terek oblast had a population of 1,377,923 on, including 722,685 men and 655,238 women, 1,113,608 of whom were the permanent population, and 264,315 were temporary residents:
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| North Caucasians | 22,655 | 9.39 | 648,548 | 57.05 | 671,203 | 48.71 | |
| Russians | 175,155 | 72.64 | 417,886 | 36.76 | 593,041 | 43.04 | |
| Other Europeans | 12,646 | 5.24 | 23,654 | 2.08 | 36,300 | 2.63 | |
| Armenians | 23,265 | 9.65 | 7,165 | 0.63 | 30,430 | 2.21 | |
| Sunni Muslims | 31 | 0.01 | 28,696 | 2.52 | 28,727 | 2.08 | |
| Shia Muslims | 3,232 | 1.34 | 2,925 | 0.26 | 6,157 | 0.45 | |
| Jews | 2,769 | 1.15 | 3,091 | 0.27 | 5,860 | 0.43 | |
| Georgians | 1,287 | 0.53 | 2,674 | 0.24 | 3,961 | 0.29 | |
| Roma | 102 | 0.04 | 1,784 | 0.16 | 1,886 | 0.14 | |
| Asiatic Christians | 0 | 0.00 | 358 | 0.03 | 358 | 0.03 | |
| TOTAL | 241,142 | 100.00 | 1,136,781 | 100.00 | 1,377,923 | 100.00 | |