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RUSSIA

The following are the populations of the chief towns of governments or provinces, and of the other towns having more than 40,000 inhabitants : —

European Russia proper (chiefly in 1910)—


 * St. Petersburg (11)

1,962,400

Odessa (11). . 505,600
 * Moscow (11) . 1,533,400


 * Kiev (11) . . 505,060


 * Riga (11) (Livland) 381,300

» Saratov. . 206,300
 * Kharkov . . 236,042


 * Yekaterinoslav (09) 195,870


 * Vilna (11) . . 190,210


 * Kazan (11) . . 188,100


 * Astrakhan . . 144,231


 * Tula (11). . . 136,530

Rostov-OTi-Don (09) 121,300
 * Kishinev (11) (Bess.) 123,100

Dvinsk. . . 110,912
 * Yai-oslavl . . 111,876


 * Nizhnii-Novgorod

(11) . . : 108,-820 Ivanovo-Vozne=enskl08,033


 * Vitebsk . . . 103,840


 * Ufa, . . . 103,485


 * Minsk . . . 101,166

Nikolavev. . 95,400
 * Samara . . . 95,642

Gomel. . . 96.149
 * Orenbnrg . . 93,600


 * Orel (08) . ., 90,740


 * Kovna . . . 87,986

Kremenchug. . 86,725 Byelostok (10). 85,900
 * Zhitomir (Volhynia) 87,200


 * Kursk . . . 83,330

Voronezh. . 79,000 Tsaritsyn (04). . 78,603
 * Penza (10) . . 79,552

Berdichev (10). 76,896
 * Poltava . . . 77,751

^ Reval (Esthonia). 73,083 Elizavetgrad. . 72,481 Sebastopol. . 71,100 Smolensk. . 70,911


 * Tambov (11) . . 69,995


 * Simpheropol(Taurida)68,575

Taganrog. . 66,712 Cronstadt (10). 66,624 Libau(04). . 64,502
 * Kherson (07) . . 67,237

Chelyabinsk. . 61,040 Byelaya Tserkov (11) 60,500
 * Tver (08) . . 61,242

Brest-Litov.sk (10). 59,200 Yelets. . . 57,430 Nyezhin. . . 57,243

Kerch. ., 55,770
 * Sinxbirsk (08) . . 56,>?54


 * Grodna ., . 54,900


 * Kaluga (11) . . 54,894


 * Novocherkask (Don) 53,828

Yekaterinburg (04). 52,230
 * Moghilev-ou- Dnieper 53,471


 * Perm (11) (Pod.).


 * Kamenets-Podolsk

Syzran. Alexandrovsk-Grush
 * Kostroma (11)

evsk. Kozlov (05).

Yurie V (97).
 * Uralsk.

Yuzovka (04).
 * Vyatka.


 * Mitau (Courland).


 * Ryazan . ...


 * Arkhangelsk (11).


 * Pskov


 * Chernigov


 * Vologda (04).


 * Vladimir


 * Novgorod (08)


 * Petrozavodsk (08)

(Olonetz).

49,52' 47,310 47,054 45,754

45,536 45,095 45,054 44,140 44,114 42,630 39,200 36,986 35,414 34,620 32,848 32,349 29,700 27,130

15,420

Poland (in 1908)—

Lodz. . . 408,330 Sosnowice. . 80,710 Chenstochow. 69,525
 * Warsaw (11) . . 872,478


 * Lublin (09) . . 65,870

Bendin(08). . 45,710
 * Kalisz . . . 46,796


 * Radom . . . 39,981


 * Piotrkow . . .38,114


 * Kielce . . 30,818


 * Plock . . . 30,612


 * Lomza . . . 27,343


 * Suwalki . . . 24,354


 * Siedlce . . . 23,292

Finland (in 1909)—


 * Helsingfors . . 143,382


 * Abo . . . 49,377

Tammerfors. . 44,423


 * Viborg . . . 33,494


 * Chief towns


 * Nicolaistad.

20,398


 * Uleaborg

19,018


 * Kuopio.

15,490


 * Tavastehus.

6,094


 * St. Michel.

4,473

Caucasus (chiefly in 1910)—


 * Tiflis (01)

196,935


 * Baku (04)

177,777


 * Yekaterinodar

(Kuban)

99,600


 * Vladikavkaz ( ferek)

76,486


 * Novorossiisk (11)

(Black Sea)

61,118


 * Stavropol

54,834


 * Kutais.

50,394

Yeisk.

48,329

Piatigorsk.

46,753


 * Elizabethpol (OS).

16,334

Maikop.

45,089


 * Erivan (11).

32,565


 * Batum (11) (Dagh.)

30,008


 * Temir-Khan-Shura.

12,y99

Siberia (chiefly in 1910)—


 * Tomsk.

111,417

^ Irkutsk.

108,060


 * Vladivostok.

91,464


 * Blagovyeshchensk

(10) (Amur).

64,383


 * Krasnoyarsk(Yenisei) 62,919

Khabarovsk ,

49,488


 * Chita (04) (Transb.)

39,117


 * Tobolsk.

20,292


 * Yakutsk (10)

8,209


 * Petropavlovsk (11)

(Kamchatka)

1,346

Central Asia (chieflv in 1908)-


 * Tashkent (09) (Syr

Daria) . . 201,191 Kokand . . . 112,428


 * Om.sk (09) . . 88,900

Andizhan. . 74,316 Namangan. . 73,279 Old Marghelan. 46,432 Osh. . . 43,483
 * Samarcand . . 80,706


 * Askhabad (Trans-

casp.) . . 41,729


 * Semipalatinsk (09). 35,121
 * Vyernyi(04) . . 31,317


 * Skobelev . . 11,201


 * Kustanai (Turgai) . 25,220

Religion.

The established religion of the Empire is the Grseco-Rnssian, officially called the Orthodox Faith. It has its own independent synod, but maintains the relations of a sister Church with the four Orthodox patriarchates of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. The Holy Synod, the board of government of the Russian Church, was established in 1721.

The Emperor is head of the Church ; he appoints to every office therein, and. is restricted only so far as to leave to the bishops and prelates the privilege of proposing candidates ; and he transfers and dismisses persons from their offices in certain cases. But he has never claimed the right of