The Terek Oblast was a province (''

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'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the

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, roughly corresponding to the central part of

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. Тhe ''оblast'' was created out of the former territories of the North Caucasian Peoples, following their conquests by Russia throughout the 19th century. The Terek Oblast bordered the

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and

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governorates to the north, the Kuban Oblast to the west, the

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and

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governorates to the south, and the Dagestan Oblast to the east. The administrative center of the ''oblast'' was

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, the current capital of

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within Russia.

Administrative divisions

The districts (''

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s''),

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districts ('' otdels''), and ' of the Terek ''oblast'' in 1917 were as follows:

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Terek ''oblast'' had a population of 933,936 on , including 485,568 men and 448,368 women. The plurality of the population indicated

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to be their mother tongue, with significant Chechen, Ossetian, Kabardian, and Ingush speaking minorities. Linguistic composition of uezds in the Terek Oblast in 1897

''Kavkazskiy kalendar''

According to the 1917 publication of '' Kavkazskiy kalendar'', the Terek ''oblast'' had a population of 1,377,923 on , including 722,685 men and 655,238 women, 1,113,608 of whom were the permanent population, and 264,315 were temporary residents:

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