Английская Википедия:Etchmiadzin uezd
Шаблон:Italic title Шаблон:Infobox settlement The Etchmiadzin uezdШаблон:Efn 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 Vagorshapat (Vagharshapat), also referred to as Etchmiadzin—the administrative capital of the Armenian Apostolic Church.Шаблон:Sfn
Administrative divisions
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Etchmiadzin uezd in 1913 were as follows:Шаблон:Sfn
| Name | 1912 population | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1-y uchastok (Шаблон:Lang-ru) | 35,411 | Шаблон:Convert |
| 2-y uchastok (Шаблон:Lang-ru) | 56,711 | Шаблон:Convert |
| 3-y uchastok (Шаблон:Lang-ru) | 31,332 | Шаблон:Convert |
| 4-y uchastok (Шаблон:Lang-ru) | 33,469 | Шаблон:Convert |
Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Etchmiadzin uezd had a population of 124,237 on Шаблон:OldStyleDate, including 65,072 men and 59,165 women. The majority of the population indicated Armenian to be their mother tongue, with significant TatarШаблон:Caucasian Tatars and Kurdish speaking minorities.[1]
| Language | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | 77,572 | 62.44 |
| TatarШаблон:Efn | 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
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Etchmiadzin uezd had a population of 167,786 on Шаблон:OldStyleDate, 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:Шаблон:Sfn
| Nationality | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
| Armenians | 115,026 | 68.56 |
| Shia MuslimsШаблон:Efn | 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
References
Bibliography
- Шаблон:Cite Armenia and Imperial Decline
- Шаблон:Cite The Republic of Armenia Volume 1
- Шаблон:Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1913
- Шаблон:Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1917
- Шаблон:Cite Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus
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