Yeysky otdel explained

Area Total Km2:13,802.24
Established Date:1869
Established Title:Established
Extinct Date:1924
Extinct Title:Abolished
Mapsize:220px
Yeysky otdel
Native Name:Ейскій отдѣлъ
Native Name Lang:ru
Population As Of:1916
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Rural:88.37%
Population Total:384,846
Population Urban:11.63%
Seat:Umanskaya
(present-day Leningradskaya)
Seat Type:Capital
Settlement Type:Otdel
Subdivision Name:Russian Empire
Subdivision Name1:Caucasus
Subdivision Name2:Kuban
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Viceroyalty
Subdivision Type2:Oblast
Total Type:Total

The Yeysky otdel was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Kuban oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Don Host Oblast to the north, the Black Sea to the west, the Kavkazsky otdel to the south, and the Stavropol Governorate to the east. The area of the Yeysky otdel included most of the contemporary Krasnodar Krai region of Russia. The administrative capital was the city of Umanskaya (present-day Leningradskaya).

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Yeysky otdel in 1912 were as follows:

Name1912 population
1-y uchastok 75,450
2-y uchastok 100,354
3-y uchastok 72,463

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Yeysky otdel had a population of 277,300 on, including 140,344 men and 136,956 women. The majority of the population indicated Ukrainian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Russian speaking minority.[1]

Linguistic composition of the Yeysky otdel in 1897!Language!Native speakers!%
Ukrainian205,06373.95
Russian65,44923.60
German1,9520.70
Belarusian1,3030.47
Armenian9360.34
Latvian7020.25
Tatar5080.18
Polish2950.11
Romani2850.10
Kalmyk2080.08
Greek1980.07
Georgian840.03
Turkish780.03
Jewish760.03
Czech300.01
Lithuanian230.01
Avar-Andean140.01
Romanian140.01
Bulgarian110.00
Mordovian110.00
Persian90.00
Kyurin80.00
Kabardian60.00
Bashkir40.00
Kumyk20.00
Ossetian20.00
Circassian10.00
Estonian10.00
Other270.01
TOTAL277,300100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Yeysky otdel had a population of 384,846 on, including 191,196 men and 193,650 women, 360,038 of whom were the permanent population, and 24,808 were temporary residents:

NationalityUrbanRuralTOTAL
Number%Number%Number%
Russians43,95098.18338,11999.42382,06999.28
Other Europeans2520.561,3780.411,6300.42
Armenians3810.853890.117700.20
Shia Muslims860.19860.031720.04
Sunni Muslims600.13600.021200.03
Jews360.08350.01710.02
North Caucasians00.0080.0080.00
Roma00.0060.0060.00
TOTAL44,765100.00340,081100.00384,846100.00

Bibliography

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. . 2022-05-17 . www.demoscope.ru.