Etchmiadzinuezd Эчмиадзинский уезд | |
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 Location in the Erivan Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Governorate | Erivan |
| Established | 1849 |
| Abolished | 1930 |
| Capital | Vagharshapat |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,684.36 km2 (1,422.54 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
• Total | 167,786 |
| • Density | 45.5401/km2 (117.948/sq mi) |
| • Rural | 100.00% |
TheEtchmiadzinuezd[a] was a county (uezd) of theErivan Governorate of theCaucasus Viceroyalty of theRussian Empire. Theuezd bordered theAlexandropol uezd to the north, theNor Bayazet uezd to the east,Erivan uezd to the north, theSurmalu uezd to the south, and theKars Oblast to the west. It included all of theArmavir Province and most of theAragatsotn Province of present-dayArmenia. The administrative centre of the county wasVagharshapat, also referred to as Etchmiadzin—the administrative capital of theArmenian Apostolic Church.[2]
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Etchmiadzinuezd in 1913 were as follows:[3]
| Name | 1912 population | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1-y uchastok (1-й участок) | 35,411 | 820.62square versts (933.92 km2; 360.59 sq mi) |
| 2-y uchastok (2-й участок) | 56,711 | 431.09square versts (490.61 km2; 189.42 sq mi) |
| 3-y uchastok (3-й участок) | 31,332 | 982.43square versts (1,118.07 km2; 431.69 sq mi) |
| 4-y uchastok (4-й участок) | 33,469 | 1,003.26square versts (1,141.77 km2; 440.84 sq mi) |
According to theRussian Empire Census, the Etchmiadzinuezd had a population of 124,237 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 65,072 men and 59,165 women. The majority of the population indicatedArmenian to be their mother tongue, with significant Tatar[b] andKurdish speaking minorities.[6]
| Language | Native speakers | % |
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| Armenian | 77,572 | 62.44 |
| Tatar[b] | 35,999 | 28.98 |
| Kurdish | 9,724 | 7.83 |
| Tat | 439 | 0.35 |
| Assyrian | 198 | 0.16 |
| Russian | 94 | 0.08 |
| Ukrainian | 81 | 0.07 |
| Georgian | 51 | 0.04 |
| Jewish | 27 | 0.02 |
| Turkish | 9 | 0.01 |
| Persian | 8 | 0.01 |
| Polish | 8 | 0.01 |
| Greek | 5 | 0.00 |
| German | 2 | 0.00 |
| Other | 20 | 0.02 |
| TOTAL | 124,237 | 100.00 |
According to the 1917 publication ofKavkazskiy kalendar, the Etchmiadzinuezd had a population of 167,786 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 86,716 men and 81,070 women, 148,794 of whom were the permanent population, and 18,992 were temporary residents. The statistics indicated an overwhelminglyArmenian population with sizeableShia Muslim andKurdish minorities:[7]
| Nationality | Number | % |
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| Armenians | 115,026 | 68.56 |
| Shia Muslims[c] | 41,310 | 24.62 |
| Kurds | 9,653 | 5.75 |
| Yazidis | 1,118 | 0.67 |
| Roma | 410 | 0.24 |
| Asiatic Christians | 186 | 0.11 |
| Jews | 42 | 0.03 |
| Russians | 41 | 0.02 |
| TOTAL | 167,786 | 100.00 |
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Italics indicatesuezds abolished before 1917. | ||
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