Pyatigorsky Otdel
Пятигорскій отдѣлъ
Otdel
Location in the Terek Oblast
Location in the Terek Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
OblastTerek
Established1785
Abolished1924
CapitalPyatigorsk
Area
 • Total6,644.79 km2 (2,565.57 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total200,486
 • Density30/km2 (78/sq mi)
 • Urban
40.75%
 • Rural
59.25%

The Pyatigorsky Otdel[a] was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Terek Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Pyatigorsky Otdel makes up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia. The Pyatigorsky Otdel was eponymously named for its administrative center, Pyatigorsk.[1]

Administrative divisions[edit]

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Pyatigorsky Otdel were as follows:[2]

Uchastok Russian name 1912 population
1st 1-й участокъ 43,052
2nd 2-й участокъ 27,072

Demographics[edit]

Russian Empire census (1897)[edit]

According to the Russian Empire census of 1897, the Pyatigorsky Otdel had a population of 181,481, including 93,961 men and 87,520 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ukrainian speaking minority.[3]

Linguistic composition of the Pyatigorsky Otdel in 1897[3]
Language Native speakers %
Russian 123,238 67.91
Ukrainian 25,032 13.79
German 5,872 3.24
Ossetian 4,620 2.55
Armenian 4,370 2.41
Kabardian 3,122 1.72
Persian 2,580 1.42
Kalmyk 2,174 1.20
Circassian 1,429 0.79
Avar-Andean 1,374 0.76
Polish 1,198 0.66
Tatar[b] 1,120 0.62
Belarusian 1,026 0.57
Nogai 900 0.50
Georgian 775 0.43
Jewish 476 0.26
Greek 338 0.19
Romani 276 0.15
Bashkir 271 0.15
Lithuanian 264 0.15
Karachay 197 0.11
Kumyk 175 0.10
Chechen 80 0.04
Kazi-Kumukh 96 0.05
Romanian 53 0.03
Imeretian 40 0.02
Ingush 23 0.01
Turkmen 17 0.01
Dargin 11 0.01
Other 334 0.18
TOTAL 181,481 100.00

Caucasian Calendar (1917)[edit]

According to the 1917 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the Pyatigorsky Otdel had 200,486 residents in 1916, including 103,598 men and 96,888 women, 117,908 of whom were the permanent population, and 82,578 were temporary residents:[4]

Nationality Urban Rural TOTAL
Number % Number % Number %
Russians[c] 71,569 87.61 110,791 93.26 182,360 90.96
Other Europeans 3,969 4.86 6,952 5.85 10,921 5.45
Armenians 3,664 4.49 337 0.28 4,001 2.00
North Caucasians 1,201 1.47 432 0.36 1,633 0.81
Georgians 849 1.04 13 0.01 862 0.43
Jews 324 0.40 1 0.00 325 0.16
Shia Muslims[d] 82 0.10 154 0.13 236 0.12
Roma 0 0.00 109 0.09 109 0.05
Sunni Muslims[e] 31 0.04 0 0.00 31 0.02
Asiatic Christians 0 0.00 8 0.01 8 0.00
TOTAL 81,689 100.00 118,797 100.00 200,486 100.00

Notes[edit]

  1. ^
    • Russian: Пятиго́рскій отдѣ́лъ, romanized: Pyatigórsky otdél
  2. ^ Later known as Azerbaijani.
  3. ^ The Caucasian Calendar did not distinguish between Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.
  4. ^ Primarily Tatars,[5] later known as Azerbaijanis.[6]
  5. ^ Primarily Turco-Tatars.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088.
  2. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год [Caucasian calendar for 1913] (in Russian) (68th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1913. pp. 180–187. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  4. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. pp. 226–237. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.
  6. ^ Bournoutian 2015, p. 35.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Bournoutian, George (2015). "Demographic Changes in the Southwest Caucasus, 1604–1830: The Case of Historical Eastern Armenia". Forum of EthnoGeoPolitics. Amsterdam. 3 (2).
  • Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-01805-2.

Coordinates: 44°03′N 43°04′E / 44.050°N 43.067°E / 44.050; 43.067