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Etchmiadzin uezd

Coordinates: 40°10′22″N 44°17′33″E / 40.17278°N 44.29250°E / 40.17278; 44.29250
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Etchmiadzin uezd
Эчмиадзинский уезд
Coat of arms of Etchmiadzin uezd
Location in the Erivan Governorate
Location in the Erivan Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
GovernorateErivan
Established1849
Abolished1930
CapitalVagorshapat
(present-day Vagharshapat)
Area
 • Total3,684.36 km2 (1,422.54 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total167,786
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
 • Rural
100.00%

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 Vagorshapat (Vagharshapat), also referred to as Etchmiadzin—the administrative capital of the Armenian Apostolic Church.[2]

Administrative divisions

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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 sq mi)
2-y uchastok (2-й участок) 56,711 431.09 square versts (490.61 km2; 189.42 sq mi)
3-y uchastok (3-й участок) 31,332 982.43 square versts (1,118.07 km2; 431.69 sq mi)
4-y uchastok (4-й участок) 33,469 1,003.26 square versts (1,141.77 km2; 440.84 sq mi)

Demographics

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Russian Empire Census

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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]

Linguistic composition of the Etchmiadzin uezd in 1897[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

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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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  2. ^ 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]
  3. ^ Primarily Tatars.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Sâmî, Şemseddîn (1889). قاموس الاعلام: تاریخ و جغرافیا لغاتنی و تعبیر اصحله كافه اسماء خاصه‌یی جامعدر (in Ottoman Turkish). Mihran Matbaası. pp. 840–841 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 59.
  3. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 172–179.
  4. ^ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  5. ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  6. ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  7. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 214–221.
  8. ^ Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

Bibliography

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