At the time of the last census in 1989, there were two krays (regions), two autonomous oblasts and five autonomous soviet socialist republics in southern Russia. The following table breaks down the ethnic composition for the two krays.

• Ethnic Group
• Krasnodar Kray
• Stavropol Kray
• Total
• 5,052,922
• 2,825,349
  of which:
  
• Russians
• 4,300,451
• 2,199,999
• Ukrainians
• 195,883
• 69,189
• Armenians
• 182,212
• 72,530
• Belarussians
• 37,389
• --
• Crimean Tatars
• 17,217
• --
• Cherkeses
• --
• 42,295
• Greeks
• 29,898
• 28,458
• Tatars
• 17,213
• --
• Nogays
• --
• 28,562
• Dargins
• --
• 32,740
• Karachays
• --
• 142,659
• Abazas*
• --
• 30,380
• Adjgeys*
• 116,234
• --
• Germans*
• 31,75
• --
• * Spelling of these three names may be incorrect due to print quality of original source
  Source: USSR. Finance and Statistics Department. 1991. National Composition of the Population of the USSR: From Data of the 1989 Soviet Population Census. Moscow: Finance and Statistics.
  The population and ethnic breakdowns for the other regions in southern Russia are presented in the table below. The
  information in the table and the attached map are taken from a RAND Note entitled Ethnic Dynamics and Dilemmas of the Russian Republic, and the data in the report is from various sources, including the 1989 Soviet census.
  
• Region
• Population
• Titular
• Russians
• Others
  

(1989)

Nationality
Adygey
AObl.*

432,046

95,439

293,640

42,967
Karachay-
Cherkes
AObl.*

414,970

168,976

175,923

70,071
Kabardin-
Balkar
ASSR

753,531

433,886

240,721

78,924
North
Ossetian
ASSR

632,428

334,737

189,159

108,532
Chechen-
Ingush
ASSR

1,270,429

898,212

293,771

88,446
Dagestan
ASSR

1,802,188

1,444,439

165,940

191,809
Kalmyk
ASSR

322,579

146,275

121,531

54,773
*Autonomous Oblast

Additional or corroborative information on the above topic is currently unavailable to the DIRB.

References

Henze, Paul B. 1991. Ethnic Dynamics and Dilemmas of the Russian Republic. (RAND Note N-3219-USDP). Santa Monica: RAND Corporation.

USSR. Finance and Statistics Department. 1991. National Composition of the Population of the USSR: From Data of the 1989 Soviet Population Census. Moscow: Finance and Statistics.

Attachments

Henze, Paul B. 1991. Ethnic Dynamics and Dilemmas of the Russian Republic. (RAND Note N-3219-USDP). Santa Monica: RAND Corporation. pp. 6, 26-27.

USSR. Finance and Statistics Department. 1991. National Composition of the Population of the USSR: From Data of the 1989 Soviet Population Census. Moscow: Finance and Statistics, pp. 50-53.