Bakugradonachalstvo Бакинское градоначальство | |
|---|---|
 Location in the Caucasus Viceroyalty | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Established | 1906 |
| Abolished | 1917 |
| Capital | Baku |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,059.76 km2 (409.18 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
• Total | 405,829 |
| • Density | 382.944/km2 (991.821/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 64.66% |
| • Rural | 35.34% |
TheBakugradonachalstvo[a] was a municipal district (gradonachalstvo) based around the city ofBaku in theCaucasus Viceroyalty of theRussian Empire. The Bakugradonachalstvo was formed in 1906 on the territory of theBaku uezd of theBaku Governorate following theArmenian–Tatar Massacres, until its disestablishment after therevolution of 1917.[1][2] The area of the Bakugradonachalstvo corresponded to theAbsheron Peninsula, located in easternmost present-dayAzerbaijan.[3]
The police precincts (полицеймейстерствоpolitseymeysterstvos [ru]) of the Bakugradonachalstvo in 1917 were as follows:[4]
| Name | Administrative centre | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakinskoye politseymeystersvo (Бакинское полицеймейстерство,'Baku police precinct') | Baku | 262,422 | 128.64square versts (146.40 km2; 56.53 mi2) |
| Balakhano-Subunchinskoye politseymeystersvo (Балахано-Сабунчинское полицеймейстерство,'Balakhano-Subunchi police precinct') | Sabunchi (Sabunçu) | 143,407 | 802.56square versts (913.36 km2; 352.65 mi2) |
The prefectures (участки,uchastki) of the Balakhano-Subunchi Police Precinct in 1917 were as follow:[5]
| Name | Administrative centre |
|---|---|
| First prefecture (1-й участок) | Sabunchi (Sabunçu) |
| Second prefecture (2-й участок) | Romany (Ramana) |
| Third prefecture (3-й участок) | Zabrat |
| Fourth prefecture (4-й участок) | Balakhany (Balaxanı) |
| Sixth prefecture (5-й участок) | Surakhany (Suraxanı) |
| Seventh prefecture (6-й участок) | Binagady (Binəqədi) |
The rural communities (сельские общества,selskiye obshchestva) of the Balakhano-Subunchu Police Precinct in 1917 were as follows:[5]
According to the 1917 publication ofKavkazskiy kalendar, the Bakugradonachalstvo had a population of 405,829 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 235,892 men and 169,937 women, 173,489 of whom were the permanent population, and 232,340 were temporary residents:[4]
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Shia Muslims[b] | 69,366 | 26.43 | 83,532 | 58.25 | 152,898 | 37.68 |
| Russians | 79,702 | 30.37 | 24,897 | 17.36 | 104,599 | 25.77 |
| Armenians | 62,357 | 23.76 | 14,809 | 10.33 | 77,166 | 19.01 |
| Sunni Muslims[c] | 19,510 | 7.43 | 10,420 | 7.27 | 29,930 | 7.38 |
| North Caucasians | 6,687 | 2.55 | 4,699 | 3.28 | 11,386 | 2.81 |
| Georgians | 6,947 | 2.65 | 2,027 | 1.41 | 8,974 | 2.21 |
| Jews | 6,412 | 2.44 | 1,238 | 0.86 | 7,650 | 1.89 |
| Other Europeans | 6,197 | 2.36 | 1,325 | 0.92 | 7,522 | 1.85 |
| Asiatic Christians | 4,313 | 1.64 | 460 | 0.32 | 4,773 | 1.18 |
| Roma | 239 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.00 | 239 | 0.06 |
| Kurds | 501 | 0.19 | 0 | 0.00 | 501 | 0.12 |
| Yazidis | 191 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.00 | 191 | 0.05 |
| TOTAL | 262,422 | 100.00 | 143,407 | 100.00 | 405,829 | 100.00 |
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