The Kizlyarsky otdel was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Terek oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Kizlyarsky otdel makes up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Kizlyar.
Administrative divisions The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Kizlyarsky otdel were as follows: Name1912 population1-y uchastok ()15,0072-y uchastok ()28,3253-y uchastok ()19,1944-y uchastok ()35,290
Demographics
Russian Empire Census According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kizlyarsky otdel had a population of 102,395 on , including 53,605 men and 48,790 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Nogai speaking minority. +Linguistic composition of the Kizlyarsky otdel in 1897LanguageNative speakers%Russian53,78552.53Nogai31,65030.91Armenian4,6814.57Ukrainian4,1394.04Kalmyk1,4171.38Georgian1,0301.01Turkmen1,0291.00Kumyk9880.96Tatar9550.93Chechen8640.84Dargin5710.56Persian2330.23Kazi-Kumukh1950.19Polish1770.17German1130.11Romani1070.10Ossetian1050.10Jewish1040.10Avar-Andean1010.10Ingush410.04Circassian130.01Greek130.01Belarusian80.01Romanian80.01Kabardian70.01Lithuanian70.01Imeretian20.00Karachay20.00Other500.05TOTAL102,395100.00
Kavkazskiy kalendar According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Kizlyarsky otdel had a population of 136,749 on , including 71,901 men and 64,848 women, 119,287 of whom were the permanent population, and 17,462 were temporary residents: NationalityUrbanRuralTOTALNumber%Number%Number%Russians6,52240.3886,77471.9593,29668.22Sunni Muslims00.0028,29423.4628,29420.69Armenians6,20338.419980.837,2015.27Shia Muslims6874.252,7452.283,4322.51North Caucasians1,72610.696910.572,4171.77Georgians4382.717460.621,1840.87Jews4202.601520.135720.42Other Europeans1550.961980.163530.26TOTAL16,151100.00120,598100.00136,749100.00
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