North Caucasus Krai

North Caucasus Krai (green) in 1931 before the creation of the Azov-Black Sea Krai in 1934

North Caucasus Krai (Russian: Се́веро-Кавка́зский край, Severo-Kavkazskiy kray) was an administrative division (krai) within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union. It was established on 17 October 1924. Its administrative center was Rostov-on-Don until 10 January 1934, Pyatigorsk until January 1936, then Ordzhonikidze (today Vladikavkaz) and, from 15 December 1936, Voroshilovsk (today Stavropol).

As of 1932, the population of the krai was estimated at 10,290,000 in an area of 351,800 km2. 45.9% of the overall population was Russian, and 37.2% of the overall population was Ukrainian.

Widespread death by starvation occurred in the krai during the Soviet famine of 1932–33.

As of the 1937 All-Union Census, the krai had a population of 1,635,277 in a smaller area.[1]

After undergoing numerous administrative changes, including the loss of the majority of its territory to the new Azov-Black Sea Krai on 10 January 1934, it was renamed Ordzhonikidze Krai (Орджоникидзевский край), after Sergo Ordzhonikidze, on 13 March 1937, and Stavropol Krai on 12 January 1943.

Since 19 January 2010, the region has been divided between the North Caucasian Federal District and the Southern Federal District.

Demographics

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Nationalities

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  • Nationalities of the krai according to the Soviet census of 1926. Note that the Dagestan ASSR was not part of the krai in 1926.[2]
Nationality Number percentage (%) males females
Russians 3,841,063 46.2 1,811,824 2,029,239
Ukrainians 3,106,852 37.4 1,489,237 1,617,615
Chechens 296,282 3.56 151,934 144,348
Armenians 162,186 1.95 83,270 78,916
Ossetians 155,400 1.87 77,611 77,789
Kabardians[1926c 1] 139,689 1.68 70,874 68,815
Germans 93,915 1.13 45,567 48,348
Ingush 72,043 0.88 36,091 35,952
Circassians[1926c 1] 64,031 0.77 32,925 31,106
Karachays 55,068 0.66 27,717 27,351
Belarusians 51,317 0.62 32,925 31,106
Jews[1926c 2] 42,476 0.51 20,486 21,990
Balkars 33,280 0.40 17,120 16,160
Greeks 32,178 0.38 16,039 16,139
Tatars 19,053 0.23 10,766 8,287
Poles 18,425 0.22 9,186 9,239
Georgians[1926c 3] 15,011 0.18 8,621 6,390
Abazins 13,813 0.16 7,125 6,688
Kalmyks 11,712 0.14 6,003 5,709
Moldovans[1926c 4] 9,546 0.11 4,828 4,718
Others 74,594 0.90 41,375 33,219
Total Soviet Union citizens 8,307,934 100.0 3,994,947 4,312,987
Aliens 55,557 (0.66) 31,599 23,958
  1. ^ a b Kabardians and Circassians counted separately
  2. ^ Mountain, Crimean, and Georgian Jews counted separately from other Jews
  3. ^ including Adjarians, Mingrelians, and Svans
  4. ^ 562 Romanians were counted separately

See also

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References

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  1. ^ USSR Population Distribution (1937)
  2. ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей".
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