Sochinsky_okrug

Sochinsky <i>okrug</i>

Sochinsky okrug

Okrug in Caucasus, Russian Empire


The Sochinsky okrug[lower-alpha 1] was a district (okrug) of the Black Sea Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Kuban Oblast to the north, the Tuapsinsky okrug to the west, the Sukhumi okrug to the east, and the Black Sea to the south. The area of the Sochinsky okrug mostly corresponds to the Krasnodar Krai region of the Russian Federation. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Sochi.[1]

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Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Sochinsky okrug had a population of 13,519 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 8,147 men and 5,372 women. The plurality of the population indicated Armenian to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian, Greek, Ukrainian, Circassian, and Georgian speaking minorities.[2]

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Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Sochinsky okrug had a population of 62,920 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 37,516 men and 25,404 women, 16,227 of whom were the permanent population, and 46,693 were temporary residents:[5]

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Notes

  1. 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".[3][4]
  2. Primarily Tatars.[6]
  3. Primarily Turco-Tatars.[6]

References

  1. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  2. Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).

Bibliography

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