Black Sea Governorate
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Administrative divisions
The districts (okrugs) of the Black Sea Governorate in 1917 were as follows:[2]Template:Sfn
| Name | Administrative centre | Population | Area | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897[3] | 1916[4] | 1897 | 1916 | |||
| Novorossiysky okrug (Template:Langx) | Novorossiysk | 16,869 | 51,651 | 34,908 | 75,021 | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| Sochinsky okrug (Template:Langx) | Sochi | 1,392 | 13,254 | 13,519 | 62,920 | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| Tuapsinsky okrug (Template:Langx) | Tuapse | 1,352 | 17,817 | 9,051 | 40,365 | Script error: No such module "convert". |
Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Black Sea Governorate had a population of 57,478 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 34,776 men and 22,702 women. The plurality of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Ukrainian, Armenian, and Greek speaking minorities.[2]
| Native language | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | 24,635 | 42.86 |
| Ukrainian | 9,252 | 16.10 |
| Armenian | 6,285 | 10.93 |
| Greek | 5,969 | 10.38 |
| Circassian | 1,939 | 3.37 |
| Czech | 1,290 | 2.24 |
| Jewish | 990 | 1.72 |
| Georgian | 967 | 1.68 |
| Romanian | 923 | 1.61 |
| Estonian | 791 | 1.38 |
| German | 748 | 1.30 |
| Polish | 731 | 1.27 |
| Belarusian | 659 | 1.15 |
| Turkish | 650 | 1.13 |
| Mingrelian | 304 | 0.53 |
| TatarTemplate:Caucasian Tatars | 291 | 0.51 |
| Persian | 210 | 0.37 |
| Imeretian | 158 | 0.27 |
| Other | 686 | 1.19 |
| TOTAL | 57,478 | 100.00 |
| Faith | Male | Female | Both | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |||
| Eastern Orthodox | 26,085 | 16,980 | 43,065 | 74.92 |
| Armenian Apostolic | 3,506 | 2,635 | 6,141 | 10.68 |
| Muslim | 2,072 | 1,031 | 3,103 | 5.40 |
| Roman Catholic | 1,485 | 944 | 2,429 | 4.23 |
| Lutheran | 835 | 580 | 1,415 | 2.46 |
| Judaism | 567 | 461 | 1,028 | 1.79 |
| Old Believer | 53 | 36 | 89 | 0.15 |
| Armenian Catholic | 58 | 24 | 82 | 0.14 |
| Reformed | 70 | 1 | 71 | 0.12 |
| Karaite | 18 | 6 | 24 | 0.04 |
| Anglican | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.01 |
| Mennonite | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Baptist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Other Christian denomination | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.01 |
| Other non-Christian denomination | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0.03 |
| TOTAL | 34,776 | 22,702 | 57,478 | 100.00 |
| Urban settlement | Russian | Ukrainian | Greek | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Novorossiysk | 10,860 | 64.27 | 2,177 | 12.88 | 931 | 5.51 | 16,897 |
| Tuapse | 827 | 59.41 | 116 | 8.33 | 189 | 13.58 | 1,392 |
| Sochi | 513 | 37.94 | 269 | 19.90 | 26 | 1.92 | 1,352 |
| TOTAL | 12,200 | 62.11 | 2,562 | 13.04 | 1,146 | 5.83 | 19,641 |
Kavkazskiy kalendar
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Black Sea Governorate had a population of 178,306 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 104,488 men and 73,818 women, 108,893 of whom were the permanent population, and 69,413 were temporary residents:Template:Sfn
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Russians | 65,582 | 79.28 | 54,339 | 56.85 | 119,921 | 67.26 |
| Other Europeans | 6,246 | 7.55 | 15,107 | 15.80 | 21,353 | 11.98 |
| Armenians | 2,347 | 2.84 | 15,712 | 16.44 | 18,059 | 10.13 |
| Georgians | 1,750 | 2.12 | 4,336 | 4.54 | 6,086 | 3.41 |
| Asiatic Christians | 3,407 | 4.12 | 1,932 | 2.02 | 5,339 | 2.99 |
| North Caucasians | 672 | 0.81 | 3,426 | 3.58 | 4,104 | 2.30 |
| Jews | 1,784 | 2.16 | 9 | 0.01 | 1,793 | 1.01 |
| Shia MuslimsTemplate:Efn | 922 | 1.11 | 649 | 0.68 | 1,571 | 0.88 |
| Sunni MuslimsTemplate:Efn | 12 | 0.01 | 56 | 0.06 | 68 | 0.04 |
| Roma | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | 0.01 | 12 | 0.01 |
| TOTAL | 82,722 | 100.00 | 95,584 | 100.00 | 178,306 | 100.00 |
Notes
References
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- Black Sea Governorate
- Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)
- Governorates of the Caucasus
- History of Kuban
- States and territories established in 1896
- States and territories disestablished in 1918
- 1896 establishments in the Russian Empire
- 1918 disestablishments in Russia