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Samurskiy okrug

Samurskiy okrug
Самурский округ
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
OblastDagestan
Established1839
Abolished1928
CapitalAkhty
Area
 • Total
3,708.80 km2 (1,431.98 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total
71,556
 • Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
 • Rural
100.00%

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

Administrative divisions

The prefectures (участки, uchastki) of the Samurskiy okrug in 1917 were:[2][3]

Name 1912 population
Akhtyparinskiy prefecture (Ахтыпаринский участок) 29,309
Dokuzparinskiy prefecture (Докузпаринский участок) 21,489
Luchekskiy prefecture (Лучекский участок) 19,042

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Samurskiy okrug had a population of 35,633 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 15,284 men and 20,349 women. The majority of the population indicated Lezgin ("Kyurin") to be their mother tongue.[4]

Linguistic composition of the Samurskiy okrug in 1897[4]
Language Native speakers %
Lezgian 33,965 95.32
Kazi-Kumukh 515 1.45
Tatar[b] 379 1.06
Kumyk 346 0.97
Avar-Andean 174 0.49
Russian 103 0.29
Dargin 63 0.18
Polish 44 0.12
Lithuanian 13 0.04
Georgian 7 0.02
Armenian 3 0.01
Jewish 3 0.01
German 1 0.00
Other 17 0.05
TOTAL 35,633 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Samurskiy okrug had a population of 71,556 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 37,486 men and 34,070 women, 71,193 of whom were the permanent population, and 363 were temporary residents:[7]

Nationality Number %
North Caucasians 68,432 95.63
Shia Muslims[c] 2,761 3.86
Russians 306 0.43
Other Europeans 49 0.07
Armenians 7 0.01
Jews 1 0.00
TOTAL 71,556 100.00

Notes

  1. ^ Russian: Самурский округ, pre-reform orthography: Самурскій округъ [səmʊrskʲɪj ɐkrʊk]
  2. ^ 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".[5][6]
  3. ^ Primarily Tatars.[8]

References

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