Kaytago-Tabasaransky Okrug

Okrug in Caucasus, Russian Empire

Kaitago-Tabasaransky Okrug

Кайтаго-Табасаранскій округъ

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

## Contents

* 1 Administrative divisions
* 2 Demographics
* 2.1 Russian Empire census (1897)
* 2.2 Caucasian Calendar (1917)
* 3 Notes
* 4 References
* 5 Bibliography

## Administrative divisions[edit]

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Kaytago-Tabasaransky Okrug were as follows:[2]

Uchastok  | Russian name  | 1912 population  | Area

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|
|

Nizhne-Kaytagsky  | Нижне-Кайтагскій участокъ  | 20,147  | 1,151.50 square versts (1,310.48 km2; 505.98 sq mi)
Severo-Tabasaransky  | Сѣверо-Табасаранскій участокъ  | 26,481  | 977.86 square versts (1,112.87 km2; 429.68 sq mi)
Urkarakhsky  | Уркарахскій участокъ  | 32,474  | 767.18 square versts (873.10 km2; 337.11 sq mi)

## Demographics[edit]

### Russian Empire census (1897)[edit]

According to the Russian Empire census of 1897, the Kaytago-Tabasaransky Okrug had a population of 91,021, including 48,284 men and 42,737 women. The plurality of the population indicated Dargin to be their mother tongue, with significant Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani) and Kazikumukh speaking minorities.[3]

Linguistic composition of the Kaytago-Tabasaransky Okrug in 1897[3] 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

### Caucasian Calendar (1917)[edit]

According to the 1917 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the Kaytago-Tabasaransky Okrug had 113,322 residents in 1916, including 61,849 men and 51,473 women, 98,837 of whom were the permanent population, and 14,485 were temporary residents:[4]

Nationality  | Urban | Rural | TOTAL

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|
|

Number  | %  | Number  | %  | Number  | %
North Caucasians | 5,138  | 16.48  | 78,978  | 96.13  | 84,116  | 74.23
Russians[c] | 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[d] | 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[e] | 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[edit]

1. ^

* Russian: Кайта́го-Табасара́нскій о́кругъ, romanized: Kaytágo-Tabasaránsky ókrug

2. ^ Later known as Azerbaijani.
3. ^ The Caucasian Calendar did not distinguish between Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.
4. ^ Primarily Tatars,[5] later known as Azerbaijanis.[6]
5. ^ Primarily Turco-Tatars.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088.
2. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. pp. 144–151. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.
3. ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
4. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. pp. 186–193. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.
5. ^ a b Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.
6. ^ Bournoutian 2015, p. 35.

## Bibliography[edit]

* Bournoutian, George (2015). "Demographic Changes in the Southwest Caucasus, 1604–1830: The Case of Historical Eastern Armenia". Forum of EthnoGeoPolitics. Amsterdam. 3 (2).
* Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia. Vol. 1\. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-01805-2.

Coordinates: 42°07′29″N 47°50′00″E﻿ / ﻿42.12472°N 47.83333°E﻿ / 42.12472; 47.83333