Sunzhensky otdel
Сунженскій отдѣлъ | |
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Country | Russian Empire |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Oblast | Terek |
Established | 1888 |
Abolished | 1920 |
Capital | Vladikavkaz [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 22,694.30 km2 (8,762.32 sq mi) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 74,505 |
• Density | 3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi) |
• Rural | 100.00% |
The Sunzhensky otdel [a] was a Cossack district ( otdel) of the Terek oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Sunzhensky otdel makes up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia. [2][ page needed]
The subcounties ( uchastoks) of the Sunzhensky otdel were as follows: [3]
Name | 1912 population |
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1-y uchastok (1-й участокъ) | 26,148 |
2-y uchastok (2-й участокъ) | 32,511 |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Sunzhensky otdel had a population of 115,370 on 28 January [ O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 58,502 men and 56,868 women. The majority of the population indicated Ingush to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian and Kabardian speaking minorities.
Language | Native speakers | % |
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Ingush | 46,214 | 40.06 |
Russian | 42,013 | 36.42 |
Kabardian | 16,088 | 13.94 |
Ukrainian | 3,891 | 3.37 |
Kumyk | 2,349 | 2.04 |
Chechen | 1,906 | 1.65 |
Ossetian | 871 | 0.75 |
German | 732 | 0.63 |
Georgian | 403 | 0.35 |
Belarusian | 233 | 0.20 |
Polish | 146 | 0.13 |
Armenian | 97 | 0.08 |
Tatar [b] | 85 | 0.07 |
Imeretian | 61 | 0.05 |
Romani | 60 | 0.05 |
Avar-Andean | 47 | 0.04 |
Kazi-Kumukh | 41 | 0.04 |
Circassian | 25 | 0.02 |
Bashkir | 22 | 0.02 |
Jewish | 18 | 0.02 |
Persian | 11 | 0.01 |
Dargin | 9 | 0.01 |
Romanian | 8 | 0.01 |
Nogai | 5 | 0.00 |
Greek | 3 | 0.00 |
Other | 32 | 0.03 |
TOTAL | 115,370 | 100.00 |
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Sunzhensky otdel had a population of 74,505 on 14 January [ O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 37,527 men and 36,978 women, 64,420 of whom were the permanent population, and 10,085 were temporary residents: [6]
Nationality | Number | % |
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Russians | 74,007 | 99.33 |
Georgians | 185 | 0.25 |
Armenians | 138 | 0.19 |
North Caucasians | 87 | 0.12 |
Other Europeans | 62 | 0.08 |
Sunni Muslims [c] | 26 | 0.03 |
TOTAL | 74,505 | 100.00 |