Sochinsky okrug
The Sochinsky okrug was a district of the Black Sea Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Kuban Oblast to the north, the Tuapsinsky okrug to the west, the Sukhumi okrug to the east, and the Black Sea to the south. The area of the Sochinsky okrug mostly corresponds to the Krasnodar Krai region of the Russian Federation. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Sochi.
Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Sochinsky okrug had a population of 13,519 on, including 8,147 men and 5,372 women. The plurality of the population indicated Armenian to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian, Greek, Ukrainian, Circassian, and Georgian speaking minorities.| Language | Native speakers | % |
| Armenian | 3,857 | 28.53 |
| Russian | 2,561 | 18.94 |
| Greek | 2,092 | 15.47 |
| Ukrainian | 1,240 | 9.17 |
| Circassian | 746 | 5.52 |
| Georgian | 681 | 5.04 |
| Romanian | 613 | 4.53 |
| Estonian | 599 | 4.43 |
| Turkish | 332 | 2.46 |
| Mingrelian | 269 | 1.99 |
| German | 166 | 1.23 |
| Persian | 59 | 0.44 |
| Belarusian | 53 | 0.39 |
| Imeretian | 52 | 0.38 |
| Polish | 49 | 0.36 |
| Tatar | 28 | 0.21 |
| Jewish | 13 | 0.10 |
| Czech | 12 | 0.09 |
| Other | 97 | 0.72 |
| TOTAL | 13,519 | 100.00 |