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 Kutaisi and Tiflis 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 North Ossetia–Alania within Russia.

Administrative divisions

The districts (''

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

Demographics

Russian Empire census (1897)

According to the Russian Empire census of 1897, the Terek Oblast had a population of 933,936, 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.

Caucasian Calendar (1917)

According to the 1917 publication of the ''Caucasian Calendar'', the Terek Oblast had 1,377,923 residents in 1916, including 722,685 men and 655,238 women, 1,113,608 of whom were the permanent population, and 264,315 were temporary residents:

Notes

References

Bibliography

* * Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917) Oblasts of the Russian Empire States and territories established in 1860 States and territories disestablished in 1920 1860 establishments in the Russian Empire {{Russia-geo-stub