Novorossiysky okrug
Novorossiysk Okrug
Новороссійскій округ | |
|---|---|
 Location in the Black Sea Governorate | |
| Land | Russian Empire |
| Governorate | Black Sea |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Established | 1849 |
| Abolished | 1917 |
| Seat | Novorossiysk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,777 km2 (686 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
| • Total | 75,021 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
The Novorossiysk Okrug (Russian: Новороссійскій округ) was an okrug of the Black Sea Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Kuban Oblast to the north, the Tuapse Okrug to the east, and the Black Sea to the south. The area of the Novorossiysk Okrug included most of the contemporary Krasnodar Krai of the Russian Federation. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Novorossiysk.[1]
Demographics
Russian Empire census (1897)
According to the Russian Empire census of 1897, the Novorossiysk Okrug had a population of 34,908, including 21,380 men and 13,528 women. The plurality of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Ukrainian and Greek speaking minorities.[2]
| Sprache | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | 19,292 | 55.27 |
| Ukrainian | 5,842 | 16.74 |
| Greek | 3,502 | 10.03 |
| Czech | 1,009 | 2.89 |
| Jewish | 966 | 2.77 |
| Armenian | 739 | 2.12 |
| Polish | 599 | 1.72 |
| Belarusian | 584 | 1.67 |
| German | 500 | 1.43 |
| Tatar[a] | 260 | 0.74 |
| Georgian | 256 | 0.73 |
| Turkish | 238 | 0.68 |
| Estonian | 190 | 0.54 |
| Romanian | 166 | 0.48 |
| Persian | 99 | 0.28 |
| Imeretian | 71 | 0.20 |
| Mingrelian | 20 | 0.06 |
| Circassian | 14 | 0.04 |
| Other | 561 | 1.61 |
| TOTAL | 34,908 | 100.00 |
Caucasian Calendar (1917)
The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 75,021 residents in the Novorossiysk Okrug, including 41,919 men and 33,102 women, 37,544 of whom were the permanent population, and 37,477 were temporary residents:[3]
| Ethno-religious group | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
| Russians | 61,202 | 81.58 |
| Other Europeans | 10,202 | 13.60 |
| Jews | 1,643 | 2.19 |
| Armenians | 1,109 | 1.48 |
| North Caucasians | 494 | 0.66 |
| Shia Muslims | 363 | 0.48 |
| Asiatic Christians | 8 | 0.01 |
| TOTAL | 75,021 | 100.0 |
Notes
- ^ Later known as Azerbaijani.
References
- ^ Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088.
- ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
- ^ Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1917. pp. 349–378.