Circassian Autonomous Region

Circassian Autonomous Region
	Autonomous region
Circassian Autonomous Region
A country	the USSR
Included in	RSFSR
Includes	5 districts
Adm. Centre	city of Cherkessk
History and Geography
Date of formation	1928
Date of Abolition	1957
Square	4000 km²
Population
Population	92 898 people ( 1939 )
Nationalities	Russians - 58.3%; Circassians - 17.2%,; Abazins 11.0%
Official language	Russian , Kabardino-Circassian

The Cherkess Autonomous Region ( Kabard-Cherk. Adyghe autonomous kui ) is an administrative-territorial unit in the RSFSR that existed in 1928-1957 . The administrative center is the city of Cherkessk .

Content

History

The region was formed on April 30, 1928 as part of the North Caucasus Territory from the Circassian National District .

July 10, 1931 by the Decree of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee the Batalpashinsky District was abolished. At the same time, Batalpashinsky , Nikolaev , Ovechkinsky and Watchdog Village Councils were transferred to the Circassian Autonomous Okrug ^[3] .

Since March 13, 1937 the region has been a part of the Ordzhonikidze region , and since January 12, 1943 - the Stavropol region .

The territory of the autonomous region occupied the valleys of the rivers Bolshoy Zelenchuk , Maly Zelenchuk , Kuban and Urup . A large northern part of the region is a plain with fertile chernozem soils and a moderately warm climate, the southern part is occupied by spurs of the Greater Caucasus.

On January 12, 1957, the Cherkess Autonomous Region was transformed into the Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Region as part of the Stavropol Territory . She was also transferred Zelenchuksky , Karachaevsky and Ust-Dzhegutinsky areas of the Stavropol Territory ^[4] .

Administrative divisions and population

As of December 17, 1939, the region included 1 city of regional subordination and 5 districts ^[5] :

	Area	Centre	Total population	Russians	Circassians ( Adygeans )	Abazins	Nogai	Greeks	Armenians	Other
one	Cherkessk		28 645	25 106	412	417	144	129	280	2050
2	Circassian	Cherkessk	14 716	9209	188	4012	68	eight	290	948
3	Icon Hulk (Ikon-Khalkovsky)	aul Icon-Hulk	15 175	2333	6558	860	4804	32	13	271
four	Kirovsky	st-ta serviceable	14 354	13,880	39	22	24	five	14	375
five	Kuvinsky	with. Erson	9627	2543	1840	2929	1104	643	18	495
6	Habezi	aul habez	14,062	1118	6973	2005	12	ten	3	270
	Total population		92 898	54 189	16 010	10 245	6156	829	618	4409

Circassian Autonomous Okrug in 1934
Circassian Autonomous Okrug in 1943
Circassian Autonomous Okrug in 1950

Notes

↑ Encyclopedic Dictionary (1954 data)
↑ All-Union Population Census of 1939 (Neopr.) . Archived March 3, 2012.
↑ Resolution of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of July 10, 1931 (SU, 1931, No. 40, Article 315)
↑ Chronicle of the main administrative-territorial changes in the Stavropol Territory in 1945-1991.pdf // Industry of the Stavropol Territory in archival documents (1945-1991) (inaccessible link)
↑ National composition of the population of the Circassian Autonomous Region according to the 1939 census

Links

Tsutsiev A. A. “Indigenization” in administrative-territorial division - implementation and overcoming of the principle

[1] Encyclopedic Dictionary (1954 data)

[Перепись1939-2] All-Union Population Census of 1939 (Neopr.) . Archived March 3, 2012.

[3] Resolution of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of July 10, 1931 (SU, 1931, No. 40, Article 315)

[4] Chronicle of the main administrative-territorial changes in the Stavropol Territory in 1945-1991.pdf // Industry of the Stavropol Territory in archival documents (1945-1991) (inaccessible link)

[5] National composition of the population of the Circassian Autonomous Region according to the 1939 census