The Sochinsky okrug[a] 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]
Sochinsky okrug Сочинскій окргъ | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in the Black Sea Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Governorate | Black Sea |
| Established | 1849 |
| Abolished | 1917 |
| Capital | Sochi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,761.11 km2 (1,452.17 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
| • Total | 62,920 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (43/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 21.06% |
| • Rural | 78.94% |
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]
| Language | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | 3,857 | 28.53 |
| Russian | 2,561 | 18.94 |
| Greek | 2,092 | 15.47 |
| Ukrainian | 1,240 | 9.17 |
| Circassian | 746 | 5.52 |
| Georgian | 681 | 5.04 |
| Romanian | 613 | 4.53 |
| Estonian | 599 | 4.43 |
| Turkish | 332 | 2.46 |
| Mingrelian | 269 | 1.99 |
| German | 166 | 1.23 |
| Persian | 59 | 0.44 |
| Belarusian | 53 | 0.39 |
| Imeretian | 52 | 0.38 |
| Polish | 49 | 0.36 |
| Tatar[b] | 28 | 0.21 |
| Jewish | 13 | 0.10 |
| Czech | 12 | 0.09 |
| Other | 97 | 0.72 |
| TOTAL | 13,519 | 100.00 |
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]
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Russians | 9,653 | 72.83 | 22,170 | 44.64 | 31,823 | 50.58 |
| Armenians | 521 | 3.93 | 13,590 | 27.36 | 14,111 | 22.43 |
| Other Europeans | 1,003 | 7.57 | 8,324 | 16.76 | 9,327 | 14.82 |
| Georgians | 1,750 | 13.20 | 4,336 | 8.73 | 6,086 | 9.67 |
| North Caucasians | 22 | 0.17 | 732 | 1.47 | 754 | 1.20 |
| Shia Muslims[c] | 227 | 1.71 | 453 | 0.91 | 680 | 1.08 |
| Jews | 73 | 0.55 | 0 | 0.00 | 73 | 0.12 |
| Sunni Muslims[d] | 5 | 0.04 | 49 | 0.10 | 54 | 0.09 |
| Roma | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | 0.02 | 12 | 0.02 |
| TOTAL | 13,254 | 100.00 | 49,666 | 100.00 | 62,920 | 100.00 |
Notes
References
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