Terek oblast Терская область | |
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![]() Administrative map of the Terek Oblast | |
Country | Russian Empire |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Established | 1873 |
Abolished | 1917 |
Capital | Vladikavkaz |
Area | |
• Total | 72,443.86 km2 (27,970.73 sq mi) |
Highest elevation (Elbrus) | 5,642 m (18,510 ft) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 1,377,923 |
• Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
• Urban | 17.50% |
• Rural | 82.50% |
TheTerek Oblast[a] was a province (oblast) of theCaucasus Viceroyalty of theRussian Empire, roughly corresponding to the central part ofRussia'sNorth Caucasian Federal District. Тheоblast was created out of the former territories of theNorth Caucasian Peoples, following their conquests by Russia throughout the 19th century. The Terek Oblast bordered theAstrakhan andStavropol governorates to the north, theKuban Oblast to the west, theKutaisi andTiflis governorates to the south, and theDagestan Oblast to the east. The administrative center of theoblast wasVladikavkaz, the current capital ofNorth Ossetia–Alania within Russia.
The districts (okrugs),Cossack districts (otdels), andpristavstvo [ru] of the Terekoblast in 1917 were as follows:[1]
Name | Administrative centre | Population | Area | |||
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1897[2] | 1917[3] | 1897 | 1916 | |||
Vedensky okrug (Веденскій округъ) | Vedeno | – | – | – | 127,718 | 3,341.69square versts (3,803.05 km2; 1,468.37 sq mi) |
Vladikavkazsky okrug (Владикавказскій округъ) | Vladikavkaz | 43,740 | 73,243 | 134,947 | 207,742 | 5,023.10square versts (5,716.60 km2; 2,207.19 sq mi) |
Groznensky okrug (Грозненскій округъ) | Grozny | 15,564 | 53,549 | 226,035 | 195,744 | 4,369.22square versts (4,972.44 km2; 1,919.87 sq mi) |
Nazranovskiy Okrug (Назрановскій округъ) | Nazran | – | – | – | 59,046 | 1,341.00square versts (1,526.14 km2; 589.25 sq mi) |
Nalchiksky okrug (Нальчикскій округъ) | Nalchik | 4,809 | – | 102,908 | 180,534 | 10,458.35square versts (11,902.25 km2; 4,595.49 sq mi) |
Kizlyarsky otdel (Килярскій отдѣлъ) | Kizlyar | 7,282 | 16,151 | 102,395 | 136,749 | 5,058.21square versts (5,756.56 km2; 2,222.62 sq mi) |
Mozdoksky otdel (Моздокскій отдѣлъ) | Mozdok | 9,330 | 16,510 | – | 107,745 | 3,284.75square versts (3,738.25 km2; 1,443.35 sq mi) |
Pyatigorsky otdel (Пятигорскій отдѣлъ) | Pyatigorsk | 18,440 | 38,310 | 181,481 | 200,486 | 5,838.69square versts (6,644.79 km2; 2,565.57 sq mi) |
Sunzhensky otdel (Сунженскій отдѣлъ) | Sunzhenskaya (Sunzha) | 3,456 | – | 115,370 | 74,505 | 19,941.18square versts (22,694.30 km2; 8,762.32 sq mi) |
Khasavyurtovsky okrug (Хасавюртовскій округъ) | Khasavyurt | 5,312 | – | 70,800 | 87,654 | 4,699.26square versts (5,348.05 km2; 2,064.89 sq mi) |
Karanogayskoye pristavstvo (Караногайское приставство) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
According to theRussian Empire Census, the Terekoblast had a population of 933,936 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 485,568 men and 448,368 women. The plurality of the population indicatedRussian to be their mother tongue, with significantChechen,Ossetian,Kabardian, andIngush speaking minorities.[4]
Language | Native speakers | % |
---|---|---|
Russian | 271,185 | 29.04 |
Chechen | 223,347 | 23.91 |
Ossetian | 96,621 | 10.35 |
Kabardian | 84,093 | 9.00 |
Ingush | 47,184 | 5.05 |
Ukrainian | 42,036 | 4.50 |
Nogai | 36,577 | 3.92 |
Kumyk | 31,826 | 3.41 |
Tatar[b] | 27,370 | 2.93 |
Avar-Andean | 15,721 | 1.68 |
Armenian | 11,803 | 1.26 |
German | 9,672 | 1.04 |
Jewish | 6,328 | 0.68 |
Georgian | 5,893 | 0.63 |
Persian | 4,245 | 0.45 |
Polish | 4,173 | 0.45 |
Kalmyk | 3,595 | 0.38 |
Circassian | 2,565 | 0.27 |
Belarusian | 1,423 | 0.15 |
Kazi-Kumukh | 1,416 | 0.15 |
Dargin | 1,067 | 0.11 |
Turkmen | 1,057 | 0.11 |
Greek | 958 | 0.10 |
Lithuanian | 789 | 0.08 |
Imeretian | 756 | 0.08 |
Romani | 493 | 0.05 |
Bashkir | 398 | 0.04 |
Karachay | 216 | 0.02 |
Romanian | 156 | 0.02 |
Other | 973 | 0.10 |
TOTAL | 933,936 | 100.00 |
Faith | Male | Female | Both | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | |||
Muslim | 254,785 | 234,889 | 489,674 | 52.43 |
Eastern Orthodox | 190,536 | 178,175 | 368,711 | 39.48 |
Old Believer | 16,908 | 17,846 | 34,754 | 3.72 |
Armenian Apostolic | 7,674 | 6,798 | 14,472 | 1.55 |
Lutheran | 4,863 | 4,494 | 9,357 | 1.00 |
Judaism | 3,652 | 2,924 | 6,576 | 0.70 |
Roman Catholic | 4,559 | 1,086 | 5,645 | 0.60 |
Buddhist | 2,235 | 1,894 | 4,129 | 0.44 |
Reformed | 129 | 102 | 231 | 0.02 |
Mennonite | 95 | 103 | 198 | 0.02 |
Armenian Catholic | 39 | 33 | 72 | 0.01 |
Baptist | 18 | 14 | 32 | 0.00 |
Anglican | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.00 |
Karaite | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.00 |
Other Christian denomination | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.00 |
Other non-Christian denomination | 60 | 6 | 66 | 0.01 |
TOTAL | 485,568 | 448,368 | 933,936 | 100.00 |
Linguistic composition of uezds in the Terek Oblast in 1897[8]
Okrug | Russian | Chechen | Ossetian | Turkic | Circassian | Ingush | TOTAL | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
Vladikavkaz | 31,205 | 23.12 | 93 | 0.07 | 88,265 | 65.41 | 532 | 0.39 | 155 | 0.11 | 733 | 0.54 | 134,947 |
Grozny | 12,945 | 5.73 | 202,273 | 89.49 | 15 | 0.01 | 2,297 | 1.02 | 1,041 | 0.46 | 136 | 0.06 | 226,035 |
Kizlyar | 53,785 | 52.53 | 864 | 0.84 | 105 | 0.10 | 33,593[c] | 32.81 | 20 | 0.02 | 41 | 0.04 | 102,395 |
Nalchik | 4,811 | 4.68 | 4 | 0.00 | 2,728 | 2.65 | 23,303[d] | 22.64 | 64,748 | 62.92 | 36 | 0.03 | 102,908 |
Pyatigorsk | 123,238 | 67.91 | 80 | 0.04 | 4,620 | 2.55 | 2,195 | 1.21 | 4,551 | 2.51 | 23 | 0.01 | 181,481 |
Sunzha | 42,013 | 36.42 | 1,906 | 1.65 | 871 | 0.75 | 2,439 | 2.11 | 16,113 | 13.97 | 46,214 | 40.06 | 115,370 |
Khasavyurt | 3,188 | 4.5 | 18,127 | 25.6 | 17 | 0.02 | 31,414[e] | 44.37 | 30 | 0.04 | 1 | 0 | 70,800 |
TOTAL | 271,185 | 25.8 | 223,347 | 21.25 | 96,621 | 9.19 | 95,753 | 9.11 | 86,658 | 8.25 | 47,184 | 4.49 | 1,051,032 |
According to the 1917 publication ofKavkazskiy kalendar, the Terekoblast had a population of 1,377,923 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 722,685 men and 655,238 women, 1,113,608 of whom were the permanent population, and 264,315 were temporary residents:[1]
Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
North Caucasians | 22,655 | 9.39 | 648,548 | 57.05 | 671,203 | 48.71 |
Russians | 175,155 | 72.64 | 417,886 | 36.76 | 593,041 | 43.04 |
Other Europeans | 12,646 | 5.24 | 23,654 | 2.08 | 36,300 | 2.63 |
Armenians | 23,265 | 9.65 | 7,165 | 0.63 | 30,430 | 2.21 |
Sunni Muslims[f] | 31 | 0.01 | 28,696 | 2.52 | 28,727 | 2.08 |
Shia Muslims[g] | 3,232 | 1.34 | 2,925 | 0.26 | 6,157 | 0.45 |
Jews | 2,769 | 1.15 | 3,091 | 0.27 | 5,860 | 0.43 |
Georgians | 1,287 | 0.53 | 2,674 | 0.24 | 3,961 | 0.29 |
Roma | 102 | 0.04 | 1,784 | 0.16 | 1,886 | 0.14 |
Asiatic Christians | 0 | 0.00 | 358 | 0.03 | 358 | 0.03 |
TOTAL | 241,142 | 100.00 | 1,136,781 | 100.00 | 1,377,923 | 100.00 |
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