Terek Oblast

The Terek Oblast (Russian: Терская область) was an oblast (province) of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, roughly corresponding to the central part of Russia's North Caucasian Federal District. With its administrative center in Vladikavkaz, the contemporary capital of North-Ossetia-Alania within the Russian Federation, the Terek Oblast was originally 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 Astrakhan and Stavropol governorates to the north, the Kuban Oblast to the west, the Kutais and Tiflis governorates to the south, and the Dagestan Oblast to the east.

Terek Oblast
Терская область
Oblast
Flag
Coat of arms
Administrative map of the Terek Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
Established1873
Abolished1917
CapitalVladikavkaz
Area
 • Total69,271 km2 (26,746 sq mi)
Highest elevation
(Elbrus)
5,642 m (18,510 ft)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total1,377,923
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
 • Urban
17.50%
 • Rural
82.50%

Administrative divisions

In 1862, the Terek Oblast consisted of 8 okrugs (districts):

  • Kabardian Okrug
  • Ossetian Okrug
  • Ingush Okrug
  • Argun Okrug
  • Chechen Okrug
  • Ichkerian Okrug
  • Kumyk Okrug
  • Nagorny Okrug

By 1917, the Terek Oblast consisted of 6 okrugs (districts), 4 otdels (Cossack districts), and one pristavstvo:

  • Vedeno Okrug
  • Vladikavkaz Okrug
  • Grozny Okrug
  • Nazran Okrug
  • Nalchik Okrug
  • Kizlyar Otdel
  • Mozdok Otdel
  • Pyatigorsk Otdel
  • Sunzha Otdel
  • Khasavyurt Okrug
  • Kara-Nogai Pristavstvo (transferred from Stavropol Governorate in 1888)

Demographics

As of 1897, 933,936 people populated the oblast. Russians constituted a plurality of the population. Significant minorities consisted of Chechens, Ossetians, Kabardians, Ingush, Nogais, Kumyks and Tatars.

Russian Imperial Census of 1897[1]
Russians 271,185 29%
Chechens 223,347 23.9%
Ossetians 96,621 10.3%
Kabardians 84,093 9%
Ingush 47,184 5.1%
Nogais 36,577 3.9%
Kumyks 31,826 3.4%
Tatars 27,370 2.9%
Armenians 11,803 1.3%
TOTAL 933,936 100%

Caucasian Calendar of 1917

The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 1,377,923 residents in the Terek Oblast, including 722,685 men and 655,238 women, 1,113,608 of whom were the permanent population, and 264,315 were temporary residents.[2]

Ethno-religious groups in the Terek Oblast according to the 1917 Caucasian Calendar[2]
Okrug/Otdel (district) Russians Other Europeans Georgians Armenians North Caucasians Other Asian Nationalities Gypsies Jews TOTAL
Orthodox Sectarian Christian Shia Muslim Sunni Muslim
Vedeno 307 0 7 6 13 127,048 0 26 311 0 0 127,718
0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 99.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Vladikavkaz 37,463 11,325 7,360 1,674 8,386 138,171 0 2,463 0 102 798 207,742
18.0% 5.5% 3.5% 0.8% 4.0% 66.5% 0.0% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 100.0%
Grozny 56,891 884 1,918 0 1,844 133,080 0 0 0 0 1,127 195,744
29.1% 0.5% 1.0% 0.0% 0.9% 68.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 100.0%
Nazran 197 7 0 0 0 58,842 0 0 0 0 0 59,046
0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 99.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Nalchik 36,060 1,750 5,299 0 350 134,390 0 0 0 1,660 1,025 180,534
20.0% 1.0% 2.9% 0.0% 0.2% 74.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9% 0.6% 100.0%
Kizlyar 92,956 340 353 1,184 7,201 2,417 0 3,432 28,294 0 572 136,749
68.0% 0.2% 0.3% 0.9% 5.3% 1.8% 0.0% 2.5% 20.7% 0.0% 0.4% 100.0%
Mozdok 75,910 4,725 4,225 50 8,410 13,895 350 0 65 15 100 107,745
70.5% 4.4% 3.9% 0.0% 7.8% 12.9% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 100.0%
Pyatigorsk 174,980 7,380 10,921 862 4,001 1,633 8 236 31 109 325 200,486
87.3% 3.7% 5.4% 0.4% 2.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% 100.0%
Sunzha 72,276 1,731 62 185 138 87 0 0 26 0 0 74,505
97.0% 2.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Khasavyurt 16,711 1,148 6,155 0 87 61,640 0 0 0 0 1,913 87,654
19.1% 1.3% 7.0% 0.0% 0.1% 70.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.2% 100.0%
TOTAL 563,751 29,290 36,300 3,961 30,430 671,203 358 6,157 28,727 1,886 5,860 1,377,923
40.9% 2.1% 2.6% 0.3% 2.2% 48.7% 0.0% 0.4% 2.1% 0.1% 0.4% 100.0%

References
  1. "Демоскоп Weekly – Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru.
  2. Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1917. pp. 373–378.


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