Andiyskiy okrug

The Andiyskiy okrug^[a] was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Andiyskiy okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Botlikh.^{[1][page needed]}

Andiyskiy okrug Андийский округ
Okrug
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
Country	Russian Empire
Viceroyalty	Caucasus
Oblast	Dagestan
Established	1861
Abolished	1928
Capital	Botlikh
Area
• Total	3,587.37 km2 (1,385.09 sq mi)
Population  (1916)
• Total	57,875
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
• Rural	100.00%

Administrative divisions

The prefectures (участки, uchastki) of the Andiyskiy okrug in 1917 were:^[2][3]

Name	1912 population	Area
Gumbetovskiy prefecture (Гумбетовский участок)	10,257	772.52 square versts (879.18 km2; 339.45 sq mi)
Rayon pomoshchn. ego. (Район помощн. его.)	6,630	–
Kar.-Tekhnutsalskiy prefecture (Кар.-Технуцальский участок)	13,209	1,135.79 square versts (1,292.60 km2; 499.08 sq mi)
Rayon pomoshchn. ego. (Район помощн. его.)	15,599	–
Unkr.-Didoyevskiy prefecture (Ункр.-Дидоевский участок)	5,063	1,244.14 square versts (1,415.91 km2; 546.69 sq mi)
Rayon pomoshchn. ego. (Район помощн. его.)	4,768	–

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Andiyskiy okrug had a population of 49,628 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 24,537 men and 25,091 women. The majority of the population indicated Avar to be their mother tongue.^[4]

Linguistic composition of the Andiyskiy okrug in 1897^[4]

Language	Native speakers	%
Avar-Andean	48,637	98.00
Chechen	711	1.43
Ukrainian	84	0.17
Russian	64	0.13
Kazi-Kumukh	27	0.05
Kumyk	24	0.05
Tatar[b]	15	0.03
Armenian	12	0.02
Georgian	12	0.02
Dargin	9	0.02
Tat	8	0.02
Lithuanian	5	0.01
Polish	5	0.01
German	1	0.00
Kyurin	1	0.00
Other	13	0.03
TOTAL	49,628	100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Andiyskiy okrug had a population of 57,875 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 29,747 men and 28,128 women, 56,950 of whom were the permanent population, and 925 were temporary residents:^[7]

Nationality	Number	%
North Caucasians	57,555	99.45
Russians	278	0.48
Other Europeans	38	0.07
Armenians	4	0.01
TOTAL	57,875	100.00

Notes

1. • Russian: Андийский округ, pre-reform orthography: Андійскій округъ [ɐnʲdʲɪjskʲɪj ɐkrʊk]
   • Avar: Гӏанди сверухълъи, romanized: Ghandi sveruqli
2. 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".^[5][6]