The Dagestan Oblast was a province (''
oblast
An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdom ...
'') of the
Caucasus Viceroyalty of the
Russian Empire
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. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day southeastern
Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North ...
within the
Russian Federation
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. The Dagestan Oblast was created in 1860 out of the territories of the former
Caucasian Imamate, bordering the
Terek Oblast to the north, the
Tiflis Governorate
The Tiflis Governorate was a province ('' guberniya'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire with its administrative center in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi). In 1897, it constituted 44,607 sq. kilometres in area and had a population ...
and
Zakatal Okrug to the west, the
Elizavetpol Governorate
The Elizavetpol Governorate, also known after 1918 as the Ganja Governorate, was a province ('' guberniya'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Yelisavetpol (present-day Ganja). The area of the governorate st ...
to the south, and
Baku Governorate
The Baku Governorate, known before 1859 as the Shemakha Governorate, was a province ('' guberniya'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, with its center in the booming metropolis and Caspian Sea port of Baku. Area (1897): 34,400 ...
to the east.
The administrative center of the ''oblast'' was Temir-Khan-Shura (present-day
Buynaksk
Buynaksk (russian: Буйна́кск; kum, Шура / Темирхан-Шура, ''Şura / Temirxan-Şura'') is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located at the foothills of the Greater Caucasus on the Shura-Ozen River, southwest of ...
).
Administrative divisions
The districts (''
okrug
An ''okrug, ; russian: о́круг, ókrug; sr, округ, okrug, ; uk, о́круг, о́kruh; be, акруга, akruha; pl, okręg; ab, оқрҿс; mhr, йырвел, '' is a type of administrative division in some Slavic states. Th ...
s'') of the Dagestan Oblast in 1917 were as follows:
Demographics
Russian Empire census (1897)
According to the
Russian Empire Census of 1897, the Dagestan Oblast had a population of 571,154, including 283,279 men and 287,875 women. The plurality of the population indicated
Avar-Andean to be their mother tongue, with significant
Dargin,
Kyurin,
Kazi-Kumukh,
Kumyk, and Tatar (later known as
Azerbaijani
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* Azerbaijanis
* Azerbaijani language
See also
* Azerbaijan (disambiguation)
* Azeri (disambiguation)
* Azerbaijani cuisine
* Culture of Azerbaijan
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) speaking minorities.
Caucasian Calendar (1917)
According to the 1917 publication of the ''Caucasian Calendar'', the Dagestan Oblast had 713,342 residents in 1916, including 369,737 men and 343,605 women, 659,976 of whom were the permanent population, and 53,366 were temporary residents:
Notes
References
Bibliography
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Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)
Oblasts of the Russian Empire
History of Dagestan
States and territories established in 1860
States and territories disestablished in 1917
1860 establishments in the Russian Empire
1917 disestablishments in Russia
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