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

Andiyskiy okrug
Андийский округ
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
OblastDagestan
Established1861
Abolished1928
CapitalBotlikh
Area
 • Total3,587.37 km2 (1,385.09 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total57,875
 • Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
 • Rural
100.00%

Administrative divisions

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

Name 1912 population Area
Gumbetovskiy prefecture (Гумбетовский участок) 10,257 772.52 square versts (879.18 km2; 339.45 sq mi)
Rayon pomoshchn. ego. (Район помощн. его.) 6,630
Kar.-Tekhnutsalskiy prefecture (Кар.-Технуцальский участок) 13,209 1,135.79 square versts (1,292.60 km2; 499.08 sq mi)
Rayon pomoshchn. ego. (Район помощн. его.) 15,599
Unkr.-Didoyevskiy prefecture (Ункр.-Дидоевский участок) 5,063 1,244.14 square versts (1,415.91 km2; 546.69 sq mi)
Rayon pomoshchn. ego. (Район помощн. его.) 4,768

Demographics

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Russian Empire Census

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According to the Russian Empire Census, the Andiyskiy okrug had a population of 49,628 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 24,537 men and 25,091 women. The majority of the population indicated Avar to be their mother tongue.[4]

Linguistic composition of the Andiyskiy okrug in 1897[4]
Language Native speakers %
Avar-Andean 48,637 98.00
Chechen 711 1.43
Ukrainian 84 0.17
Russian 64 0.13
Kazi-Kumukh 27 0.05
Kumyk 24 0.05
Tatar[b] 15 0.03
Armenian 12 0.02
Georgian 12 0.02
Dargin 9 0.02
Tat 8 0.02
Lithuanian 5 0.01
Polish 5 0.01
German 1 0.00
Kyurin 1 0.00
Other 13 0.03
TOTAL 49,628 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

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According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Andiyskiy okrug had a population of 57,875 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 29,747 men and 28,128 women, 56,950 of whom were the permanent population, and 925 were temporary residents:[7]

Nationality Number %
North Caucasians 57,555 99.45
Russians 278 0.48
Other Europeans 38 0.07
Armenians 4 0.01
TOTAL 57,875 100.00

Notes

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  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]

References

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

Bibliography

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