North Caucasus Krai (, Severo-Kavkazskiy kray) was an administrative division (krai) within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union. It was established on 17 October 1924. Its administrative center was Rostov-on-Don until 10 January 1934, Pyatigorsk until January 1936, then Ordzhonikidze (today Vladikavkaz) and, from 15 December 1936, Voroshilovsk (today Stavropol).

As of 1932, the population of the krai was estimated at 10,290,000 in an area of 351,800 km2. 45.9% of the overall population was Russian, and 37.2% of the overall population was Ukrainian.

Widespread death by starvation occurred in the krai during the Soviet famine of 1932–33.

As of the 1937 All-Union Census, the krai had a population of 1,635,277 in a smaller area. USSR Population Distribution (1937)

After undergoing numerous administrative changes, including the loss of the majority of its territory to the new Azov-Black Sea Krai on 10 January 1934, it was renamed Ordzhonikidze Krai (), after Sergo Ordzhonikidze, on 13 March 1937, and Stavropol Krai on 12 January 1943.

Since 19 January 2010, the region has been divided between the North Caucasian Federal District and the Southern Federal District.

Demographics

Nationalities Nationalities of the krai according to the Soviet census of 1926. Note that the Dagestan ASSR was not part of the krai in 1926.

+ Nationality Number percentage (%) males females Russians 3,841,063 46.2 1,811,824 2,029,239 Ukrainians 3,106,852 37.4 1,489,237 1,617,615 Chechens 296,282 3.56 151,934 144,348 Armenians 162,186 1.95 83,270 78,916 Ossetians 155,400 1.87 77,611 77,789 KabardiansKabardians and Circassians counted separately 139,689 1.68 70,874 68,815 Germans 93,915 1.13 45,567 48,348 Ingush 72,043 0.88 36,091 35,952 Circassians 64,031 0.77 32,925 31,106 Karachays 55,068 0.66 27,717 27,351 Belarusians 51,317 0.62 32,925 31,106 JewsMountain, Crimean, and Georgian Jews counted separately from other Jews 42,476 0.51 20,486 21,990 Balkars 33,280 0.40 17,120 16,160 Greeks 32,178 0.38 16,039 16,139 Tatars 19,053 0.23 10,766 8,287 Poles 18,425 0.22 9,186 9,239 Georgiansincluding Adjarians, Mingrelians, and Svans 15,011 0.18 8,621 6,390 Abazins 13,813 0.16 7,125 6,688 Kalmyks 11,712 0.14 6,003 5,709 Moldovans562 Romanians were counted separately 9,546 0.11 4,828 4,718 Others 74,594 0.90 41,375 33,219 Total Soviet Union citizens 8,307,934 100.0 3,994,947 4,312,987 Aliens 55,557 (0.66) 31,599 23,958 +

See also Kuban

References