title: Yekaterinodarsky otdel
text: # Yekaterinodarsky otdel
  
  The Yekaterinodarsky otdel was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Kuban oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Kavkazsky otdel to the north, the Tamansky otdel to the west, the Black Sea Governorate to the south, and the Maykopsky otdel to the east. The area of the Yekaterinodar otdel mostly corresponded to the contemporary Krasnodar Krai region of Russia. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, Yekaterinodar (present-day Krasnodar).
  
  ## Administrative divisions
  
  The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Yekaterinodarsky otdel in 1912 were as follows:
  
  | Name | 1912 population |
  | - | - |
  | 1-y uchastok (1-й участокъ) | 82,661 |
  | 2-y uchastok (2-й участокъ) | 59,843 |
  | 3-y uchastok (3-й участокъ) | 32,407 |
  
  ## Demographics
  
  ### Russian Empire Census
  
  According to the Russian Empire Census, the Yekaterinodarsky otdel had a population of 245,173 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 125,832 men and 119,341 women. The majority of the population indicated Ukrainian to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian and Circassian speaking minorities.
  
  Linguistic composition of the Yekaterindarsky otdel in 1897 :
  
  | Language | Native speakers | % |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ukrainian | 126,941 | 51.78 |
  | Russian | 83,751 | 34.16 |
  | Circassian | 19,851 | 8.10 |
  | Greek | 3,476 | 1.42 |
  | Armenian | 2,807 | 1.14 |
  | German | 1,481 | 0.60 |
  | Belarusian | 1,328 | 0.54 |
  | Romanian | 1,056 | 0.43 |
  | Polish | 809 | 0.33 |
  | Turkish | 935 | 0.38 |
  | Jewish | 524 | 0.21 |
  | Tatar | 411 | 0.17 |
  | Mordovian | 356 | 0.15 |
  | Romani | 248 | 0.10 |
  | Georgian | 179 | 0.07 |
  | Czech | 177 | 0.07 |
  | Kyurin | 158 | 0.06 |
  | Lithuanian | 126 | 0.05 |
  | Bashkir | 110 | 0.04 |
  | Persian | 94 | 0.04 |
  | Kumyk | 42 | 0.02 |
  | Ossetian | 41 | 0.02 |
  | Avar-Andean | 30 | 0.01 |
  | Latvian | 28 | 0.01 |
  | Kazi-Kumukh | 24 | 0.01 |
  | Bulgarian | 22 | 0.01 |
  | Estonian | 9 | 0.00 |
  | Kalmyk | 5 | 0.00 |
  | Kabardian | 3 | 0.00 |
  | Karachay | 3 | 0.00 |
  | Nogai | 3 | 0.00 |
  | Other | 145 | 0.06 |
  | TOTAL | 245,173 | 100.00 |
  
  ### Kavkazskiy kalendar
  
  According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Yekaterinodarsky otdel had a population of 371,788 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 187,407 men and 184,381 women, 247,739 of whom were the permanent population, and 124,049 were temporary residents:
  
  | Nationality | Urban | Urban | Rural | Rural | TOTAL | TOTAL |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nationality | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
  | Russians | 88,508 | 85.41 | 236,408 | 88.16 | 324,916 | 87.39 |
  | North Caucasians | 300 | 0.29 | 28,410 | 10.59 | 28,710 | 7.72 |
  | Armenians | 5,900 | 5.69 | 2,520 | 0.94 | 8,420 | 2.26 |
  | Other Europeans | 5,963 | 5.75 | 816 | 0.30 | 6,779 | 1.82 |
  | Sunni Muslims | 1,084 | 1.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,084 | 0.29 |
  | Georgians | 708 | 0.68 | 0 | 0.00 | 708 | 0.19 |
  | Jews | 462 | 0.45 | 10 | 0.00 | 472 | 0.13 |
  | Asiatic Christians | 385 | 0.37 | 0 | 0.00 | 385 | 0.10 |
  | Roma | 269 | 0.26 | 0 | 0.00 | 269 | 0.07 |
  | Kurds | 45 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.00 | 45 | 0.01 |
  | TOTAL | 103,624 | 100.00 | 268,164 | 100.00 | 371,788 | 100.00 |
  