Kaytago-Tabasaranskiy okrug

*Kaitago-Tabasaranskiy okrug*

Кайтаго-Табасаранский округ
Kaitago-Tabasaranskiy okrug Кайтаго-Табасаранский округ
Okrug
	Location in the Dagestan Oblast
Country	Russian Empire
Viceroyalty	Caucasus
Oblast	Dagestan
Established	1860
Abolished	1928
Capital	Madzhalis
Area
• Total	3,296.44 km2 (1,272.76 sq mi)
Population (1916)
• Total	82,154
• Density	25/km2 (65/sq mi)
• Urban	27.50%
• Rural	72.50%

The Kaytago-Tabasaranskiy okrug^[a] was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Kaytago-Tabasaranskiy okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Madzhalis.^[1]

Administrative divisions

The prefectures (участки, uchastki) of the Kaytago-Tabasaranskiy okrug in 1917 were:^[2]^[3]

Name	1912 population	Area
Nizhne-Kaytagskiy prefecture (Нижне-Кайтагский участок)	20,147	1,151.50 square versts (1,310.48 km²; 505.98 sq mi)
Severo-Tabasaranskiy prefecture (Северо-Табасаранский участок)	26,481	977.86 square versts (1,112.87 km²; 429.68 sq mi)
Urkarakhskiy prefecture (Уркарахский участок)	32,474	767.18 square versts (873.10 km²; 337.11 sq mi)

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kaytago-Tabasaranskiy okrug had a population of 91,021 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 48,284 men and 42,737 women. The plurality of the population indicated Dargin to be their mother tongue, with significant Tatar^[b] and Kazikumukh speaking minorities.^[6]

Linguistic composition of the *Kaytago-Tabasaranskiy okrug* in 1897^[6]
Language	Native speakers	%
Dargin	33,186	36.46
Tatar^[b]	28,975	31.83
Kazi-Kumukh	17,678	19.42
Jewish	3,965	4.36
Russian	2,255	2.48
Kumyk	1,035	1.14
Ukrainian	790	0.87
Armenian	665	0.73
Avar-Andean	628	0.69
Tat	520	0.57
Polish	415	0.46
Kyurin	350	0.38
Lithuanian	249	0.27
Persian	86	0.09
German	52	0.06
Georgian	41	0.05
Belarusian	18	0.02
Nogai	1	0.00
Other	112	0.12
TOTAL	91,021	100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Kaytago-Tabasaranskiy okrug had a population of 113,322 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 61,849 men and 51,473 women, 98,837 of whom were the permanent population, and 14,485 were temporary residents:^[7]

Nationality	Urban		Rural		TOTAL
Nationality	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
North Caucasians	5,138	16.48	78,978	96.13	84,116	74.23
Russians	7,567	24.28	1,580	1.92	9,147	8.07
Jews	6,879	22.07	1,316	1.60	8,195	7.23
Shia Muslims^[c]	7,919	25.41	193	0.23	8,112	7.16
Armenians	2,604	8.35	37	0.05	2,641	2.33
Sunni Muslims^[d]	1,061	3.40	0	0.00	1,061	0.94
Other Europeans	0	0.00	50	0.06	50	0.04
TOTAL	31,168	100.00	82,154	100.00	113,322	100.00

Notes

^ Russian: Кайтаго-Табасаранский округ, pre-reform orthography: Кайтаго-Табасаранскій округъ [kəjtəɡə təbəsərənskʲɪj ɐkrʊk]
^ ^a ^b Before 1918, Azerbaijanis were generally known as "Tatars". This term, employed by the Russians, referred to Turkic-speaking Muslims of the South Caucasus. After 1918, with the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and "especially during the Soviet era", the Tatar group identified itself as "Azerbaijani".^[4]^[5]
^ Primarily Tatars.^[8]
^ Primarily Turco-Tatars.^[8]

References

^ Tsutsiev 2014.
^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 28–46.
^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 144–151.
^ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
^ ^a ^b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 186–193.
^ ^a ^b Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

Bibliography

Bournoutian, George A. (2018). Armenia and Imperial Decline: The Yerevan Province, 1900–1914. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-06260-2. OCLC 1037283914.

Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia: The First Year, 1918–1919. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520019843.
Кавказский календарь на 1913 год [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.
Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.
Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus (PDF). Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2023.

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[1] Russian: Кайтаго-Табасаранский округ, pre-reform orthography: Кайтаго-Табасаранскій округъ [kəjtəɡə təbəsərənskʲɪj ɐkrʊk]

[Caucasian_Tatars-7] Before 1918, Azerbaijanis were generally known as "Tatars". This term, employed by the Russians, referred to Turkic-speaking Muslims of the South Caucasus. After 1918, with the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and "especially during the Soviet era", the Tatar group identified itself as "Azerbaijani".^[4]^[5]

[11] Primarily Tatars.^[8]

[12] Primarily Turco-Tatars.^[8]

[FOOTNOTETsutsiev2014-2] Tsutsiev 2014.

[FOOTNOTEКавказский_календарь_на_1917_год28–46-3] Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 28–46.

[FOOTNOTEКавказский_календарь_на_1913_год144–151-4] Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 144–151.

[FOOTNOTEBournoutian201835_(note_25)-5] Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).

[FOOTNOTETsutsiev201450-6] Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.

[:1-8] "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-07.

[FOOTNOTEКавказский_календарь_на_1917_год186–193-9] Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 186–193.

[FOOTNOTEHovannisian197167-10] Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

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