544. ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



2. All the north of Russia, from 

 Finland, by Archangel, Olonetz, 

 Petersburgh, Novgorod, Wologda, 

 Waetka, and Perm, is inhabited 

 by Finlanders. Their numerous 

 tribes are spread over the west and 

 the east. In the west, by Esth- 

 lande and Livonia, as far as Cour- 

 land ; in the east, by Kasan, Nige- 

 gorod, Simbirsk, Resan, Tarabow, 

 Orenburg, Saratow. They have 

 passed the Oural, and are spread 

 in the government of Tobolsk. 



3. The Tartars occupy the south 

 of Russia and of Siberia ; the 

 Tartars of Kasan, of Astracan, of 

 the Crimea, of Caucasus ; the 

 Tartars of Tobolsk, of Tschoulym, 

 Buchares, Teleutes, Abinzes o.i 

 the Ob, the Tschoulym and the 

 Tom ; foreign Tartars of Chiwa, 

 of Persia, of Turquestan ; Noga- 

 ens in the Crimea and on the 

 Couban, Baschkines, Metscher- 

 jaeques, and several other tribes 

 mixed with the Tartars and the 

 Finns. 



The inhabitants of Caucasus are 

 classed apart, but chiefly for the 

 purposes of ethnography. 



1. The Samojedes are the first 

 nation of Northern Siberia. Their 

 tribes extend from the Frozen 

 Ocean along the Jenisei, as far as 

 Baikal, and sti*etch from the Ob 

 very far into the eastern parts of 

 Siberia. 



2. Their neighbours are the 

 American tribes, the Tsuktsches, 

 the Kamtschadales, and the inha- 

 bitants of the Aleoutes and Cou- 

 riles Archipelagos. 



3. In the south of Siberia occur 

 different tribes of the people called 

 Mongoles. 



The distribution of the popula- 

 tion of Russia cannot be staled 



with the same accuracy as in Aus- 

 tria, where the different nations 

 have different privileges. The 

 Russian government having given 

 to all its subjects the same privi- 

 leges, and imposed on them the 

 same duties, never requires from 

 the governors information respect- 

 ing the national differences. Of 

 consequence the statements of the 

 population in 1796, 1803, and 

 1804, and several other particular 

 reports which I have consulted, 

 give us no information on the sub- 

 ject. Their principles of division 

 are financial and military. The 

 statements of the population of 

 Siberia have more of this kind of 

 facts, because they are necessary 

 there in a financial point of view. 

 I ought to repeat here that all my 

 Calculations are founded on the 

 statements drawn up by order of 

 government, which are always the 

 most probable. I know well their 

 imperfections ; but I am aware 

 also of the vagueness of all other 

 calculations. 



The most interesting question 

 is. How much may we estimate, 

 with the greatest degree of pro- 

 bability, the population of the 

 nations not Russian ? 

 I. Poles. 



Poland in 1772, according to the 

 researches of Count Tschatzki, 

 a learned Polish author, had a po- 

 pulation of 14 millions. Poland 

 was entirely divided 23 years after 

 between Austria, Prussia, and 

 Russia. 



Gallicia fell to the share of 

 Austria. This province is di- 

 vided into eastern and western, 

 with Bukowine. An enumera- 

 tion made in 1807 gives to western 

 Gallicia, 



