The Tamansky otdel, known before 1910 as the Temryuksky otdel, was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Kuban oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Yeysky otdel to the north, the Black Sea to the west, the Black Sea Governorate to the south, and the Kavkazsky and Yekaterinodarsky otdels to the east. The area of the Tamansky otdel mostly corresponded to the contemporary Krasnodar Krai region of Russia. The district's administrative capital was the stanitsa of Slavyanskaya (Slavyansk-na-Kubani).
Administrative divisions The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Tamansky otdel in 1912 were as follows: Name1912 population1-y uchastok ()42,8682-y uchastok ()47,9813-y uchastok ()86,9294-y uchastok ()58,359
Demographics
Russian Empire Census According to the Russian Empire Census, the Tamansky otdel—then known as the Temryuksky otdel—had a population of 342,976 on , including 174,107 men and 168,869 women. The majority of the population indicated Ukrainian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Russian speaking minority. +Linguistic composition of the Temryuksky otdel in 1897LanguageNative speakers%Ukrainian257,91875.20Russian58,66017.10Greek13,8124.03Romanian3,3930.99German2,3350.68Armenian2,0780.61Turkish7670.22Belarusian7630.22Czech5780.17Circassian4630.13Tatar4470.13Kyurin4030.12Polish3090.09Romani2950.09Jewish2110.06Georgian1920.06Bulgarian630.02Persian420.01Mordovian380.01Kalmyk320.01Avar-Andean300.01Kazi-Kumukh170.00Bashkir80.00Lithuanian50.00Estonian40.00Kumyk40.00Ossetian40.00Abkhaz20.00Kabardian20.00Latvian20.00Karachay10.00Nogai10.00Other970.03TOTAL342,976100.00
Kavkazskiy kalendar According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Tamansky otdel had a population of 518,379 on , including 260,844 men and 257,535 women, 296,096 of whom were the permanent population, and 222,283 were temporary residents: NationalityUrbanRuralTOTALNumber%Number%Number%Russians37,25698.36474,88198.83512,13798.80Armenians2300.612,8440.593,0740.59Other Europeans1160.311,3990.291,5150.29North Caucasians370.101,3620.281,3990.27Jews2160.57160.002320.04Roma90.0200.0090.00Shia Muslims80.0200.0080.00Asiatic Christians50.0100.0050.00TOTAL37,877100.00480,502100.00518,379100.00
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