[2] The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Etchmiadzin uezd in 1913 were as follows:[3] According to the Russian Empire Census, the Etchmiadzin uezd had a population of 124,237 on 28 January [O.S.

The majority of the population indicated Armenian to be their mother tongue, with significant Tatar[b] and Kurdish speaking minorities.

[6] According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Etchmiadzin uezd had a population of 167,786 on 14 January [O.S.

1 January] 1916, including 86,716 men and 81,070 women, 148,794 of whom were the permanent population, and 18,992 were temporary residents.

The statistics indicated an overwhelmingly Armenian population with sizeable Shia Muslim and Kurdish minorities:[7]