Labinsky otdel
# Labinsky otdel

The Labinsky 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 Maykopsky otdel to the west, the Batalpashinsky otdel to the south, and the Stavropol Governorate to the east. The area of the Labinsky otdel mostly corresponded to the contemporary Krasnodar Krai region of the Russian Federation. The administrative capital of the district was the city of Armavir.

## Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Labinsky otdel in 1912 were as follows:

| Name | 1912 population |
| - | - |
| 1-y uchastok (1-й участокъ) | 37,897 |
| 2-y uchastok (2-й участокъ) | 65,810 |
| 3-y uchastok (3-й участокъ) | 58,973 |
| 4-y uchastok (4-й участокъ) | 62,311 |

## Demographics

### Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Labinsky otdel had a population of 305,733 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 154,396 men and 151,337 women. The majority of the population indicated Russian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Ukrainian speaking minority.

Linguistic composition of the Labinsky otdel in 1897 :

| Language | Native speakers | % |
| - | - | - |
| Russian | 229,954 | 75.21 |
| Ukrainian | 57,850 | 18.92 |
| German | 5,870 | 1.92 |
| Armenian | 5,162 | 1.69 |
| Belarusian | 3,881 | 1.27 |
| Greek | 453 | 0.15 |
| Romanian | 375 | 0.12 |
| Polish | 380 | 0.12 |
| Circassian | 302 | 0.10 |
| Tatar | 286 | 0.09 |
| Romani | 243 | 0.08 |
| Georgian | 132 | 0.04 |
| Czech | 97 | 0.03 |
| Turkish | 93 | 0.03 |
| Bulgarian | 86 | 0.03 |
| Jewish | 85 | 0.03 |
| Mordovian | 85 | 0.03 |
| Kalmyk | 59 | 0.02 |
| Nogai | 58 | 0.02 |
| Persian | 40 | 0.01 |
| Lithuanian | 39 | 0.01 |
| Ossetian | 25 | 0.01 |
| Estonian | 21 | 0.01 |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 16 | 0.01 |
| Kabardian | 14 | 0.00 |
| Avar-Andean | 13 | 0.00 |
| Latvian | 12 | 0.00 |
| Abkhaz | 8 | 0.00 |
| Kumyk | 8 | 0.00 |
| Kyurin | 7 | 0.00 |
| Karachay | 3 | 0.00 |
| Other | 76 | 0.02 |
| TOTAL | 305,733 | 100.00 |

### Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Labinsky otdel had a population of 518,774 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 260,553 men and 258,221 women, 283,586 of whom were the permanent population, and 235,188 were temporary residents:

| Nationality | Urban | Urban | Rural | Rural | TOTAL | TOTAL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nationality | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
| Russians | 35,185 | 75.06 | 464,999 | 98.54 | 500,184 | 96.42 |
| Armenians | 8,415 | 17.95 | 735 | 0.16 | 9,150 | 1.76 |
| Other Europeans | 3,074 | 6.56 | 5,861 | 1.24 | 8,935 | 1.72 |
| North Caucasians | 192 | 0.41 | 214 | 0.05 | 406 | 0.08 |
| Roma | 0 | 0.00 | 57 | 0.01 | 57 | 0.01 |
| Jews | 7 | 0.00 | 20 | 0.00 | 27 | 0.01 |
| Shia Muslims | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0.00 | 5 | 0.00 |
| Georgians | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0.00 | 6 | 0.00 |
| Asiatic Christians | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Sunni Muslims | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 |
| TOTAL | 46,873 | 100.00 | 471,901 | 100.00 | 518,774 | 100.00 |
