The Batumi 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 center, the town of Batum (present-day Batumi), now part of Adjara within Georgia. The okrug bordered with the Artvin okrug in the south, the Ardahan okrug of the Kars Oblast to the southeast, the Tiflis Governorate to the northeast, the Kutaisi Governorate (of which it was a part in 1883–1903) to the north, and the Trebizond Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire to the west.
Administrative divisions The prefectures () of the Batumi okrug were: NameAdministrative centre1912 populationAreaVerkhne-Adzharskiy prefecture ()Khulo21,778Goniyskiy prefecture ()Maradidi Verkhniye10,310Nizhne-Adzharskiy prefecture ()Kedy (Keda)17,974Kintrishskiy prefecture ()Komarovskoye17,961
Demographics
Russian Empire Census According to the Russian Empire Census, the Batumi okrug had a population of 88,444 on , including 53,149 men and 35,295 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian, Armenian and Greek speaking minorities. +Linguistic composition of the Batumi okrug in 1897LanguageNative speakers%Georgian56,49863.88Russian7,2178.16Armenian7,1208.05Greek4,6505.26Turkish3,1993.62Kurdish1,6991.92Ukrainian1,6371.85Jewish1,0761.22Polish8901.01Persian7650.86Abkhazian6870.78Mingrelian6350.72German3560.40Tatar3500.40Imeretian3410.39Lithuanian1570.18Sartic1560.18Belarusian760.09Avar-Andean560.06Kazi-Kumukh470.05English380.04Ossetian280.03Romanian270.03Svan170.02Estonian110.01Other7110.80ТОТАL88,444100.00
Kavkazskiy kalendar According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Batumi okrug had a population of 85,397 on , including 47,532 men and 37,865 women, 61,347 of whom were the permanent population, and 24,050 were temporary residents: NationalityUrbanRuralTOTALNumber%Number%Number%Georgians6,48132.3745,62769.7952,10861.02Sunni Muslims750.3714,16321.6614,23816.67Russians4,82524.103,3945.198,2199.62Armenians5,52427.592400.375,7646.75Asiatic Christians1,0975.481,0781.652,1752.55Other Europeans8554.27960.159511.11Jews5972.98100.026070.71Kurds80.045440.835520.65Shia Muslims3861.93250.044110.48North Caucasians1720.861800.283520.41Roma00.00200.03200.02TOTAL20,020100.0065,377100.0085,397100.00
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See also
Kars Oblast Treaty of San Stefano Treaty of Berlin (1878)