The Novorossiysky ''okrug'' was a district (''
okrug'') of the
Black Sea Governorate of the
Caucasus Viceroyalty of the
Russian Empire. It bordered the
Kuban Oblast to the north, the
Tuapsinsky okrug to the east, and the
Black Sea to the south. The area of the Novorossiysky okrug mostly corresponds to the
Krasnodar Krai region of
Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre,
Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk ( rus, Новоросси́йск, p=nəvərɐˈsʲijsk; ady, ЦIэмэз, translit=Chəməz, p=t͡sʼɜmɜz) is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is one of the largest ports on the Black Sea. It is one of the few cities hono ...
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Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the
Russian Empire Census
The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897 ( pre-reform Russian: ) was the first and only nation-wide census performed in the Russian Empire (the Grand Duchy of Finland was excluded). It recorded demographic data as ...
, the Novorossiysky ''okrug'' had a population of 34,908 on , including 21,380 men and 13,528 women. The majority of the population indicated
Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant
Ukrainian and
Greek speaking minorities.
''Kavkazskiy kalendar''
According to the 1917 publication of ''
Kavkazskiy kalendar
''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' (russian: Кавка́зский календа́рь, lit=Caucasian calendar) was an annual almanac published in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi) in the Russian Empire by the office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus, published ...
'', the Novorossiysky ''okrug'' had a population of 75,021 on , including 41,919 men and 33,102 women, 37,544 of whom were the permanent population, and 37,477 were temporary residents:
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Okrugs of Black Sea Governorate
Black Sea Governorate
Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)
History of Kuban
States and territories disestablished in 1918
1918 disestablishments in Russia