Labinsky otdel
Лабинскій отдѣлъ
Otdel
Location in the Kuban Oblast
Location in the Kuban Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
OblastKuban
Established1888
Abolished1924
CapitalArmavir
Area
 • Total6,737.26 km2 (2,601.27 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total518,774
 • Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
 • Urban
9.04%
 • Rural
90.96%

The Labinsky otdel[lower-alpha 1] was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Kuban oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Kavkazsky otdel to the north, the Maykopsky otdel to the west, the Batalpashinsky otdel to the south, and the Stavropol Governorate to the east. The area of the Labinsky otdel mostly corresponded to the contemporary Krasnodar Krai region of the Russian Federation. The administrative capital of the district was the city of Armavir.[1]

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Labinsky otdel in 1912 were as follows:[2]

Name 1912 population
1-y uchastok (1-й участокъ) 37,897
2-y uchastok (2-й участокъ) 65,810
3-y uchastok (3-й участокъ) 58,973
4-y uchastok (4-й участокъ) 62,311

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Labinsky otdel had a population of 305,733 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 154,396 men and 151,337 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ukrainian speaking minority.[3]

Linguistic composition of the Labinsky otdel in 1897[3]
Language Native speakers %
Russian 229,954 75.21
Ukrainian 57,850 18.92
German 5,870 1.92
Armenian 5,162 1.69
Belarusian 3,881 1.27
Greek 453 0.15
Romanian 375 0.12
Polish 380 0.12
Circassian 302 0.10
Tatar[lower-alpha 2] 286 0.09
Romani 243 0.08
Georgian 132 0.04
Czech 97 0.03
Turkish 93 0.03
Bulgarian 86 0.03
Jewish 85 0.03
Mordovian 85 0.03
Kalmyk 59 0.02
Nogai 58 0.02
Persian 40 0.01
Lithuanian 39 0.01
Ossetian 25 0.01
Estonian 21 0.01
Kazi-Kumukh 16 0.01
Kabardian 14 0.00
Avar-Andean 13 0.00
Latvian 12 0.00
Abkhaz 8 0.00
Kumyk 8 0.00
Kyurin 7 0.00
Karachay 3 0.00
Other 76 0.02
TOTAL 305,733 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Labinsky otdel had a population of 518,774 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 260,553 men and 258,221 women, 283,586 of whom were the permanent population, and 235,188 were temporary residents:[6]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Russians 35,185 75.06 464,999 98.54 500,184 96.42
Armenians 8,415 17.95 735 0.16 9,150 1.76
Other Europeans 3,074 6.56 5,861 1.24 8,935 1.72
North Caucasians 192 0.41 214 0.05 406 0.08
Roma 0 0.00 57 0.01 57 0.01
Jews 7 0.00 20 0.00 27 0.01
Shia Muslims[lower-alpha 3] 0 0.00 5 0.00 5 0.00
Georgians 0 0.00 6 0.00 6 0.00
Asiatic Christians 0 0.00 2 0.00 2 0.00
Sunni Muslims[lower-alpha 4] 0 0.00 2 0.00 2 0.00
TOTAL 46,873 100.00 471,901 100.00 518,774 100.00

Notes

  1. ↑
  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".[4][5]
  3. ↑ Primarily Tatars.[7]
  4. ↑ Primarily Turco-Tatars.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Tsutsiev 2014.
  2. ↑ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 176–183.
  3. 1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  4. ↑ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  5. ↑ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  6. ↑ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 222–229.
  7. 1 2 Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

Bibliography

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