{{italic title|string=otdel}} {{Infobox settlement | area_total_km2 = 17,444.27 | established_date = 1869 | established_title = Established | extinct_date = 1922 | extinct_title = Abolished | image_map = Batalpashinsk Otdel of Kuban Oblast.png | map_caption = Location in the Kuban Oblast | mapsize = 220px | name = Batalpashinsky ''otdel'' | native_name = Баталпашинскій отдѣлъ | native_name_lang = ru | population_as_of = 1916 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_rural = 100.00% | population_total = 298,208 | seat = Batalpashinskaya<br>(present-day Cherkessk) | seat_type = Capital | settlement_type = ''Otdel'' | subdivision_name = Russian Empire | subdivision_name1 = Caucasus | subdivision_name2 = Kuban | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_type1 = Viceroyalty | subdivision_type2 = Oblast | total_type = Total }}
The '''Batalpashinsky ''otdel'''''{{efn|{{bulleted list|{{Langx|ru|Баталпаши́нскій отдѣ́лъ|translit=Batalpashínsky otdél|label=Russian}}|{{langx|uk|Баталпашинський відділ|Batalpashynskyy viddil}}}}}} was a Cossack district (''otdel'') of the Kuban oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Stavropol Governorate to the north, the Labinsky and Maykopsky ''otdels'' to the west, the Sochi and Sukhumi ''okrugs'' to the south, and the Terek Oblast to the east. The area of the Batalpashinsky otdel included most of the contemporary Karachay-Cherkessia region of Russia. The administrative capital was the city of Batalpashinskaya (present-day Cherkessk).{{sfn|Tsutsiev|2014}}
== Administrative divisions == The subcounties (''uchastoks'') of the Batalpashinsky ''otdel'' in 1912 were as follows:{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1913 год|pp=176–183}} {| class="wikitable sortable" !Name !1912 population |- |1-y uchastok ({{Langx|ru|1-й участокъ|label=none}}) | align="right" |61,259 |- |2-y uchastok ({{Langx|ru|2-й участокъ|label=none}}) | align="right" |72,300 |- |3-y uchastok ({{Langx|ru|3-й участокъ|label=none}}) | align="right" |71,791 |}
== Demographics ==
=== Russian Empire Census === According to the Russian Empire Census, the Batalpashinsky ''otdel'' had a population of 215,400 on {{OldStyleDate|28 January|1897|15 January}}, including 107,825 men and 107,575 women. The plurality of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with significant Ukrainian and Karachay speaking minorities.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=420 |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=www.demoscope.ru}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Linguistic composition of the Batalpashinsky ''otdel'' in 1897<ref name=":1" /> !Language !Native speakers !% |- |Russian | align="right" |90,305 | align="right" |41.92 |- |Ukrainian | align="right" |58,421 | align="right" |27.12 |- |Karachay | align="right" |26,867 | align="right" |12.47 |- |Abkhaz | align="right" |10,370 | align="right" |4.81 |- |Kabardian | align="right" |8,452 | align="right" |3.92 |- |Nogai | align="right" |5,746 | align="right" |2.67 |- |German | align="right" |4,392 | align="right" |2.04 |- |Circassian | align="right" |3,962 | align="right" |1.84 |- |Ossetian | align="right" |1,829 | align="right" |0.85 |- |Tatar{{Caucasian Tatars}} | align="right" |1,232 | align="right" |0.57 |- |Estonian | align="right" |839 | align="right" |0.39 |- |Belarusian | align="right" |751 | align="right" |0.35 |- |Jewish | align="right" |530 | align="right" |0.25 |- |Greek | align="right" |419 | align="right" |0.19 |- |Armenian | align="right" |380 | align="right" |0.18 |- |Polish | align="right" |192 | align="right" |0.09 |- |Mordovian | align="right" |161 | align="right" |0.07 |- |Romani | align="right" |135 | align="right" |0.06 |- |Kumyk | align="right" |100 | align="right" |0.05 |- |Georgian | align="right" |99 | align="right" |0.05 |- |Kazi-Kumukh | align="right" |47 | align="right" |0.02 |- |Romanian | align="right" |32 | align="right" |0.01 |- |Avar-Andean | align="right" |29 | align="right" |0.01 |- |Persian | align="right" |22 | align="right" |0.01 |- |Turkish | align="right" |20 | align="right" |0.01 |- |Czech | align="right" |13 | align="right" |0.01 |- |Lithuanian | align="right" |5 | align="right" |0.00 |- |Bulgarian | align="right" |3 | align="right" |0.00 |- |Latvian | align="right" |3 | align="right" |0.00 |- |Bashkir | align="right" |2 | align="right" |0.00 |- |Other | align="right" |42 | align="right" |0.02 |- !TOTAL !215,400 !100.00 |}
=== ''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' === According to the 1917 publication of ''Kavkazskiy kalendar'', the Batalpashinsky ''otdel'' had a population of 298,208 on {{OldStyleDate|14 January|1916|1 January}}, including 152,171 men and 146,037 women, 208,488 of whom were the permanent population, and 89,720 were temporary residents:{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1917 год|pp=222–229}} {| class="wikitable sortable" !Nationality !Number !% |- |Russians | align="right" |209,733 | align="right" |70.33 |- |North Caucasians | align="right" |77,851 | align="right" |26.11 |- |Other Europeans | align="right" |5,276 | align="right" |1.77 |- |Asiatic Christians | align="right" |3,268 | align="right" |1.10 |- |Jews | align="right" |1,089 | align="right" |0.37 |- |Sunni Muslims{{Efn|Primarily Turco-Tatars.{{sfn|Hovannisian|1971|p=67}}}} | align="right" |601 | align="right" |0.20 |- |Armenians | align="right" |390 | align="right" |0.13 |- !TOTAL !298,208 !100.00 |}
== Notes == {{Notelist}}
== References == {{reflist}}
== Bibliography == {{Refbegin}} *{{Cite Armenia and Imperial Decline}} *{{Hovannisian: The Republic of Armenia|volume=1}} *{{Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1913}} *{{Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1917}} *{{Cite Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus}} {{Refend}}
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