DATA AN O PROCRAM L.18RARV SER V ICE ROOM .C.CI51 SOCIAL SC I ENCE BUIL.OING MAOI SON 1!!13706 CITATION FORN and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ASSISTANCE These data have been deposited at the Data and Prograrn Library Service (DPLS) for public distribution by: Brian Silver (formerly of the Department of Polittcal Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison), Department of Political Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI USA All manuscripts utilizing data made available through DPLS should acknowledge that fact as well as cite the bibliographic reference: Soviet Nationalities data: 1926 and 1959 censuses [machine readable data file]. 2nd DPLS ed. 1977. Madison, WI: Brian Silver [producer], 197t. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Data and Program Library Service [distributor]. '4 data files, 69 language groups. DPLS urges all users of these data to follow sorne adaptation of this statement with the parentheses indicating items to be completed or deleted appropriately by the individual analyst. The data (and tabulations) utilized in this (publication) were made available (in part) by the Data and Program Library Service at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The data for : Soviet Nationalities data: 1926 and 1959 Censuses were originally collected by: Brian Silver, compiled from Soviet Census materials Neither the original collector of the data, Brian Silver nor DPLS bears any responsibility for the analyses or interpreta­ tions presented here. In order to provide funding agencies with essential information about the use of archiva! resources and to facilitate the exchange of information about DPLS parti­ pants' research activities, each user of the DPLS facilities is expected to send two copies of each completed manuscript or thesis abstract to DPLS . 1- '-- Rev . 10/77 AR-JL OATA ANO C OMP U T ATIO N CEN T ER FO A TH[. S OCI A l.. S C IENCES r SOVIET NATIONALITIES DATA Collected by: Mr. Brian Silver Department of Government Florida State University Received by the Data Program Library Service July, 1971 Data Restricted Available Only with Permission of Brian Silver .... '"· ~ .• SOVIET NATIONALITIES DATA ' DATA SEr 01:1 Aggregate Data on tbe tinguiatic and Demograpbie Make-up of Basic · Rat1onal Areas and Groups COLUMNS FORMAT DESCRIPTION OF VARIABLE ID 1-3 P3.0 I.D., NlJMDER. Each group is assigned an I.D. number aceording to the language ~ (somewhat broad1y defined) to which the national language belongs. Column 1 identifies the language group; co1umns 2 and 3 the unique identity of each nat1onal1ty. Column! ~: (See end of card 1 for full codea) l··Slavie 2.:.-Pinno-Ugrian 3--Turkic 4--Mongolian • Korean 5-·Iranian 6-·Ibero-Caucaeian 7--Romance 8•-Germanic 9--Letto-Lithuanian 4-S F2.0 "01." In columna 4•S of this entire data eet 110111 is punched to designate that this is the first data set. 6 n.o REGION. 1--RSPSB. (used for ''Rueeians" generally ~ot for any other nationalitiee); 2·-Northwest and Bnltic: Latvian SSR, Lithuanian SSR, Estonian SSR, Karelian ASSR, Kom1 ASSR; 3--East Europe: Ukrainian SSR, Beloruasian SSR, Moldavian SSR; 4--Volga•V:latka: Tetar ASSR, Chuvash ASSR, Mari ASSR, Mordvinian ASSR; S••Urals: Basbkir ASSR, Udmurt ASSR, iOiiif:Permtak AO; 6·-Sib~riaz Duryat ASSR, Yakut ASSR, Tuvinian ASSR, Khakass AO, Gorno­ Altai AO; ·- /.. -2- DATA SET 01: Continued COLUMNS FORMAT DESCRIPriON OF VARIABLE REGION (eontinued) 7-•North Caucasus: Dagestan ASSR, Kabardino•Balkar ASSR, Kalmyk ASSR, North Ossetian ASSR, Checheno•lngush ASSR, Adygey AO, Karachaevo• Cherkess AD; 8•-Transcaucasus: Armenian SSR, Azerbaidihan SSR, Georgian SSR, Abkhazian ASSR, South Ossetian AO; 9--central Asia: Kazakh SSR, Kirgiz SSR, Tadzhik SSR, Turkmen SSR, Uzbek SSR, Karakalpak ASSR; o--No area of residential concentration for the group. Groups concentrated in some area yet without an official baste national area of their own are nonetheless coded l-9. F2.0 REGION STATUS • Note: this code designates the off!Ctal status of tbe basic national area of eacb nationality as of 1 January 1962·-the date used by ·- the 1959 census for reporting of data. Condensed Regio9 ~ (for ~ ~ ~ ~ .2!, ~ One) 1·15--Union Republic (SSR) 21·40--Autonomous Republic (4SSR) 41-45--Autonomous Oblast (Province) in the RSFSR (AO) 51-53--Autonomous Oblast (Province) outside RSFSR (AO) 61-69·-National Okrug (Circuit) (NO) (Used here only for the Komi• Permyaks.) 88-·--The national group has no basic area or is "foreign." Note that Jews are coded 88 even thougb there exista the Jewish AP. Groups such as the Germana and Crimean Tatars are coded 88 also, even though earlier census data (1926) are available and coded for these regions. 9•11 Fl.l NATIVE POPULATION AS PERCENT OF OWN BASIC '- 1-vl NATIONAL AREA, COMBINED ~ AND ~: 1959* ~ / ~.. ·3- DATA SET 01: Continued COLUMNS FORMAT DESCRIPriON OF VARIABLE \__ .: 12-14 F3.1 NATIVE POPULATION AS PERCENr OP' URBAN POPULATION OF BASIC AREA: 1959 - 15-17 F3.1 NATIVE POPULATION AS PERCENT OF RURAL POPULATION OF BASIC AREA: 1959 - 4 18-20 F3.1 RUSSIAN POPULATION AS PERCENT OF GIVEN NATIONAL AREA, COMBINED ~ ~ ~: 19.59 21-23 F3.1 RUSS IANS AS PERCENT OF URBAN FOPULATION 5 OF NATIONAL AREA: 1959-- 24-26 RUSSIANS AS PERCENT OF RURAL POPULATION OF NATIONAL AREA: 1959- 27-29 F3.1 RUSSIAN SPEAKERS (Percent designating 7 Russian as Native Tongue) AS PERCENT OF POPULATION OF NATIONAL AREA, COMBINEn ~ AND RURAL: 1959 30-32 F3.1 RUSS IAN SPEAKERS AS PERCENT OF URDAN 8 POPUI.ATION OF NATIONAL AREA: 1~ 33-35 F3.1 RUSSIAN SPEAKERS AS PERCENT OF RURAL POPULATION OF NATIONAL AREA: 1~ 10 36-38 F3.1 PERCENT OF POPULATION OF NATIONAL GROUP THAT RESIDES IN OWN BASIC NATIONAL ARRA: 1959 *Note that all percentages are recorded to one decimal place and that decimal points are not punehed. Thus 99.3% would be punched 11993." MISSING DATA are designated by "999 •••9" except wbere specially noted. 11 39-47 F9.0 TO'!AL POPULATION OF NATIONAL AREA: 1959 (X.XXXXXXXX) 48-55 FS.O URBAN POPULATION OF NATIONAL AREA: 1959 12.. (XXXXXXXX) 56-63 F8.0 RURAL POPULATION OF NATIONAL AREA: 1959 (XXXXXXXX) 64-71 F8.0 TOTAL NATIVE POPULATION OF NATIONAL AREA: 'ffi9 (XXXXXXXX) 15 72-79 F8.0 URBAN NATIVE POPULATION OF NATIONAL AREA: 'i9.59 (XXXXXXXX) 80 Fl.O "1" designates Deck One /. / -4- .,../ DATA SET 01: Continued mEN'l'IFICATlON NtlMBERS ~: Theae numbera may be treated both as group and territorial identifiers. The region codea (columna 7-8 of Card 1) are in a senae redundant, except that they a1so provide a classification of national areas according to ~· lD any particular data aet, not all of the groups listed below will appear. These codea app1y, however, wbenever the group is uaed or is otherwise identified in tbe data. 1--SLAVIC 101--Russians 102--Ukrainians 103-·Belorussians 104--Poles 105--Bulgarians 2-·FINNO-UGRIC 201--Eatonians 202·-Mordvinians 203--Karelians 204--Udmurts (formerly Votiaks) 205--Mari 206--Komi Zyrians 207-·Hungarians 208--Finns 209-·Komi Permiaks 3·-TURKIC 301•-Uzbeka 302-·Tatars 303--Kazakhs 304--Azerbaidzhanians 305--Chuvash 306--Turkmenians 307--Bashkirs 308--Kirgiz 309--Y akuts 310--Karakalpaks 311--Kumyks 312--'fuvinians 313--Gagauz 314--Uigurs 315--Karachai 316--Khakass 317-A1tais 318--Balkars 319--Nogai (320--Crtmean Tatars) ~: To designate Tatars in all-union figures, the code "302" is used because no distinctio~is made in such figures between tbe Volga Tatars and the Crimean Tatars. -s- DATA SET 01: Continued 4--!«)ro>LIAN 401-·Buryats 402--Kalmyks 450·-Koreans s--IRANIAN 500--Armenians (Armenian usually elaasified as a distinet language) 501--Tadzhiks 502--0ssetians (N. Ossetia) 503--Greeks 504--s. Ossetiana Note: To designate Ossetians in all•union figures, the eode 502 is Us'ed. 6--IBERO-CAUCASIAN (4 sub•groups of elosely related languages) Adygo-Abkhaztan 611--Abkhazians 612·-Kabardians ) 613--Cherkess ) 8 ame language 614--Adyghe 615-·Abaza (not eoded) Dagestani 621--Avars 622--Darghin 623--Lak 624--Lezghians Nakhskaia 631--Chechen 632--Ingush Kartvelian 641--Georgians (Note: Mingre1ians, Svanians, Ajara, and Laz not separately coded since Soviet sources rare1y do so) 7--ROMANCE 701·-Moldavians 702--Rumanians ~: The ''Moldavian" language iB identical to Rumanian except that that it uses a Cyrillic rather than a Latin script. 8--GERMANIC 801--Jews (Yiddish) 802--Germans ~: Yiddish is the "native" language of the overwhelming proportion of Soviet Jews (discounting linguistic Russification). The Notes to ··---- -:..,):bis data s~~ - contaln figures on the varlous 11 types 11 of Soviet Jews. -6- DATA SET 01: Continued 9--LETTO-LrrHUANIAN 901--Latvians ' --· 902--Lithuanians IDENTIFICATION NUMDERS : SUPPLEMENTARY LIST Note: These numbers are used to identify aignificant1y 1arge minority groups ~ertain nationa1 areas when such identification is called for. No attempt has been made to gather fu11 information on these groups. 001--Nenets (former1y Samoyeda) 002-·Veps 003--Kriashens (see Notes) 004--Besermians (spea¡-a-dia1ect of Udmurtian language) 005--Tungusians 006--Te1engety 007--Kaahgarians 008--Talysh 009--Yezidis (native 1anguage Kurdish) FULL CODE FOR OFFICIAL NATIONAL REGIONS (as of 1 January. 1962) 01•15-•Union Repub1ics (SSR 1 s) (Notes on Status as of 1926 Census) 01-·RSFSR 02--Ukrainian SSR (additional territory annexed after WW•II) 03--Be1orussian SSR (additiona1 territory annexed after WW-II 04--Lithuanian SSR (independent state in 1926) (annexed 1939-40) - 05--Latvian SSR (independent state in 1926) (annexed 1939-40) 06-- Estonian SSR (independent state in 1926) (annexed 1939-40) 07--Mo1davian SSR (in Ukrainian SSR