Vladikavkazsky okrug explained

Area Total Km2:5,716.60
Established Date:1870
Established Title:Established
Extinct Date:1920
Extinct Title:Abolished
Mapsize:220px
Vladikavkazsky okrug
Native Name:Владикавказскій округъ
Native Name Lang:ru
Population As Of:1916
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Rural:64.74%
Population Total:207,742
Population Urban:35.26%
Seat:Vladikavkaz
Seat Type:Capital
Settlement Type:Okrug
Subdivision Name:Russian Empire
Subdivision Name1:Caucasus
Subdivision Name2:Terek
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Viceroyalty
Subdivision Type2:Oblast
Total Type:Total

The Vladikavkazsky okrug was a district (okrug) of the Terek Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Vladikavkazsky okrug made up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Vladikavkaz.

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Vladikavkazsky okrug were as follows:

Name1912 population
1-y uchastok 26,460
2-y uchastok 25,632
3-y uchastok 61,047

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Vladikavkazsky okrug had a population of 134,947 on, including 70,514 men and 64,433 women. The majority of the population indicated Ossetian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Russian speaking minority.[1]

Linguistic composition of the Vladikavkazsky okrug in 1897!Language!Native speakers!%
Ossetian88,26565.41
Russian31,20523.12
Georgian3,2982.44
Armenian2,0931.55
German1,6731.24
Polish1,5111.12
Ukrainian1,4391.07
Jewish1,0590.78
Persian8220.61
Ingush7330.54
Imeretian6430.48
Greek5020.37
Tatar3660.27
Lithuanian2130.16
Kumyk1600.12
Kazi-Kumukh1210.09
Kabardian1090.08
Chechen930.07
Dargin570.04
Romanian550.04
Avar-Andean500.04
Circassian460.03
Belarusian410.03
Bashkir320.02
Nogai60.00
Romani30.00
Turkmen30.00
Karachay20.00
Kalmyk10.00
Other3460.26
TOTAL134,947100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Vladikavkazsky okrug had a population of 207,742 on, including 106,645 men and 101,097 women, 160,280 of whom were the permanent population, and 47,462 were temporary residents:

NationalityUrbanRuralTOTAL
Number%Number%Number%
North Caucasians8,53911.66129,63296.38138,17166.51
Russians46,87664.001,9121.4248,78823.48
Armenians8,32611.37600.048,3864.04
Other Europeans6,1398.381,2210.917,3603.54
Shia Muslims2,4633.3600.002,4631.19
Georgians00.001,6741.241,6740.81
Jews7981.0900.007980.38
Roma1020.1400.001020.05
TOTAL73,243100.00134,499100.00207,742100.00

Bibliography

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. . 2022-07-09 . www.demoscope.ru.