The Artvin okrug was a district (okrug) of the Batum Oblast of the Russian Empire, existing between 1878 and 1918. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Artvin, presently part of the Artvin Province of Turkey. The district bordered with the Olti okrug to the south, the Ardahan okrug to the east, the Batumi okrug to the north, and the Ottoman Empire to the west. Between 1883 and 1903, the Artvin okrug formed a part of the Kutaisi Governorate.

Administrative divisions The prefectures () of the Artvin okrug were:

NameAdministrative centre1912 populationAreaArdanuchskiy prefecture ()Ardanuch (Ardanuç)18,336Artvinskiy prefecture ()Artvin12,804Shavsheto-Imerkhevskiy prefecture ()Satlel-Rabat23,780

Demographics

Russian Empire Census According to the Russian Empire Census, the Artvin okrug had a population of 56,140 on , including 29,064 men and 27,076 women. The majority of the population indicated Turkish to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian and Georgian speaking minorities. +Linguistic composition of the Artvin okrug in 1897LanguageNative speakers%Turkish41,46873.87Armenian7,81913.93Georgian5,5069.81Ukrainian7141.27Russian3080.55Kurdish1120.20Greek670.12Polish210.04Imeretian150.03German130.02Abkhazian60.01Tatar50.01Belarusian40.01Persian20.00Ossetian10.00Other790.14TOTAL56,140100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Artvin okrug had a population of 37,414 on , including 19,276 men and 18,138 women, 33,945 of whom were the permanent population, and 3,469 were temporary residents: NationalityUrbanRuralTOTALNumber%Number%Number%Georgians88212.6125,84984.9826,73171.45Armenians5,45177.903,97713.079,42825.20Russians2173.101090.363260.87North Caucasians3044.3400.003040.81Shia Muslims1432.041400.462830.76Roma00.001450.481450.39Sunni Muslims00.001040.341040.28Asiatic Christians00.00690.23690.18Other Europeans00.00240.08240.06TOTAL6,997100.0030,417100.0037,414100.00

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See also

Kars Oblast Treaty of San Stefano Treaty of Berlin (1878)