 Greeks, Russians and Armenians composed 3.5%, 2% and 1.5% of the district's population.By the end of the nineteenth century, Abkhazians made up slightly more than 53% of the population of Abkhazia.According to the 1917 agricultural census organized by the Russian Provisional Government, Georgians and Abkhaz composed 41.7% (54,760) and 30,4% (39,915) of the rural population of Abkhazia respectively.