Etchmiadzin uezd
Etchmiadzin uezd
Эчмиадзинский уезд | |
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Coat of arms of Etchmiadzin uezd Coat of arms | |
| Location in the Erivan Governorate Location in the Erivan Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Governorate | Erivan |
| Established | 1849 |
| Abolished | 1930 |
| Capital | Vagharshapat |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,684.36 km2 (1,422.54 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
• Total | 167,786 |
| • Density | 45.5401/km2 (117.948/sq mi) |
| • Rural | 100.00% |
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The Etchmiadzin uezd[a] was a county (uezd) of the Erivan Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The uezd bordered the Alexandropol uezd to the north, the Nor Bayazet uezd to the east, Erivan uezd to the north, the Surmalu uezd to the south, and the Kars Oblast to the west. It included all of the Armavir Province and most of the Aragatsotn Province of present-day Armenia. The administrative centre of the county was Vagharshapat, also referred to as Etchmiadzin—the administrative capital of the Armenian Apostolic Church.[2]
Administrative divisions
[edit | edit source]The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Etchmiadzin uezd in 1913 were as follows:[3]
| Name | 1912 population | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1-y uchastok (1-й участок) | 35,411 | 820.62 square versts (933.92 km2; 360.59 mi2) |
| 2-y uchastok (2-й участок) | 56,711 | 431.09 square versts (490.61 km2; 189.42 mi2) |
| 3-y uchastok (3-й участок) | 31,332 | 982.43 square versts (1,118.07 km2; 431.69 mi2) |
| 4-y uchastok (4-й участок) | 33,469 | 1,003.26 square versts (1,141.77 km2; 440.84 mi2) |
Demographics
[edit | edit source]Russian Empire Census
[edit | edit source]According to the Russian Empire Census, the Etchmiadzin uezd had a population of 124,237 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 65,072 men and 59,165 women. The majority of the population indicated Armenian to be their mother tongue, with significant Tatar[b] and Kurdish speaking minorities.[6]
| Language | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | 77,572 | 62.44 |
| Tatar[b] | 35,999 | 28.98 |
| Kurdish | 9,724 | 7.83 |
| Tat | 439 | 0.35 |
| Assyrian | 198 | 0.16 |
| Russian | 94 | 0.08 |
| Ukrainian | 81 | 0.07 |
| Georgian | 51 | 0.04 |
| Jewish | 27 | 0.02 |
| Turkish | 9 | 0.01 |
| Persian | 8 | 0.01 |
| Polish | 8 | 0.01 |
| Greek | 5 | 0.00 |
| German | 2 | 0.00 |
| Other | 20 | 0.02 |
| TOTAL | 124,237 | 100.00 |
Kavkazskiy kalendar
[edit | edit source]According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Etchmiadzin uezd had a population of 167,786 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 86,716 men and 81,070 women, 148,794 of whom were the permanent population, and 18,992 were temporary residents. The statistics indicated an overwhelmingly Armenian population with sizeable Shia Muslim and Kurdish minorities:[7]
| Nationality | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
| Armenians | 115,026 | 68.56 |
| Shia Muslims[c] | 41,310 | 24.62 |
| Kurds | 9,653 | 5.75 |
| Yazidis | 1,118 | 0.67 |
| Roma | 410 | 0.24 |
| Asiatic Christians | 186 | 0.11 |
| Jews | 42 | 0.03 |
| Russians | 41 | 0.02 |
| TOTAL | 167,786 | 100.00 |
Notes
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- ^ a b Before 1918, Azerbaijanis were generally known as "Tatars". This term, employed by the Russians, referred to Turkic-speaking Muslims of the South Caucasus. After 1918, with the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and "especially during the Soviet era", the Tatar group identified itself as "Azerbaijani".[4][5]
- ^ Primarily Tatars.[8]
References
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- ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 59.
- ^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 172–179.
- ^ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
- ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 214–221.
- ^ Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.
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