- Source: Artvin okrug
The Artvin okrug was a district (okrug) of the Batum Oblast of the Russian Empire, existing between 1878 and 1918. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Artvin, presently part of the Artvin Province of Turkey. The district bordered with the Olti okrug to the south, the Ardahan okrug to the east, the Batumi okrug to the north, and the Ottoman Empire to the west. Between 1883 and 1903, the Artvin okrug formed a part of the Kutaisi Governorate.
Administrative divisions
The prefectures (участки, uchastki) of the Artvin okrug were:
Demographics
= Russian Empire Census
=According to the Russian Empire Census, the Artvin okrug had a population of 56,140 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 29,064 men and 27,076 women. The majority of the population indicated Turkish to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian and Georgian speaking minorities.
= Kavkazskiy kalendar
=According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Artvin okrug had a population of 37,414 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 19,276 men and 18,138 women, 33,945 of whom were the permanent population, and 3,469 were temporary residents:
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See also
Kars Oblast
Treaty of San Stefano
Treaty of Berlin (1878)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Artvin okrug
- Artvin
- Batum oblast
- Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Batumi okrug
- Batumi
- Treaty of Kars
- Kutaisi Governorate
- Ardahan okrug
- Democratic Republic of Georgia
