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INTRODUCTION. 



indeed as much so as the South-westeru Eegiou. Compared with the latter it is poor 

 ill minerals but richer than the two preceding- regions in black-earth soil. On account 

 of this and from the disposition of the iuliabltants, and from the want of fuel of its 

 own. forests here forming but ten per cent of the surface, mauufactiuing industry is 

 here very slightly developed. 



XIX. The Central Grain or Chernoziom Region. 



This region occupies a vast area, 414 thousand square versts, or 8,560 square 

 geographical miles, situated to the south and south-west of the Central Moscow Ee- 

 gion, and to the north and east of Little Eussia. Here the Chernoziom predominates, 

 although not uninterruptedly over tlie whole district, and the fertility of its plains 

 attracted hither from ancient times a mass of Eussian folk who are agricultural in their 

 former and in their present mode of life. In this district are to be included the gov- 



Table 5. 



Regions of the Russian Empire. 



— a 



s a 



Yield of grain and 

 breadstuffs in mil- 

 lions of pouds. 



+ I 



■2 M t> 



"S els 



c S c 

 •r .S •= 

 3 ." " 



-? S 



1. Moscow Central . . 



II. Baltic-Petersburg . 



III. Finland 



IV. Northern 



V. Eastern 



VI. Siberia 



VII. Central Asiatic . . 



Vlll. Caucasus 



IX. Southern 



X. South-western . . • 



XI. Polish 



XII. North-western . . . 



XIII. Little Eussia . . . 



Xiy. Central Chernoziom. 



7.360 



5,720 



6,780 



25,610 



18,400 



227,000 



63,640 



8,580 



11,710 

 2,990 

 2,310 



5,560 

 2,850 

 8,560 



12 



6 



2.5 



2 

 15 



5 



6 



10 



9 

 7.5 

 19 



1,630 



1,040 



370 



80 



820 



22 



94 



930 



850 

 2,670 

 3,^90 



1,620 

 2,640 

 2,220 



— 27 



— 16 



— 3 



— 9 



+ 76 



Official informa- 

 ■ tion on harvests 

 does not exist. 



-fl02 

 + 24 



— 6 



- 27 

 H- 15 

 +146 



1.7 

 4.7 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 2.2 

 1.1 



0.1 



0.9 



1.0 

 3.5 

 3.2 



2.7 



2 Tl 



3.3 



1.4 

 0.1 



27.7 

 0.4 



13.2 

 0.2 

 7.8 



2.5 



397,070 



