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THE RUSSIAN CENSUS OF 1897 



Until the present 3^ear the popuhition of the whole Ku.'^sian 

 Empire has never been definitely known. Instead of a census 

 the Russian government has de[)endecl in tiie past on partial 

 enumerations, known under the name of " Revisions," of which 

 there have been ten, five in the eighteenth centur}-^ and \\\ii in 

 the nineteenth century. The '* Revision " of 1851 gave a popu- 

 lation of 67,880,645, and that of 1885, which was not considered 

 entirely trustworthy, aggregated 108,819,332. 



Accordhig to the census of 1897 the population of the Ru.ssian 

 Empire is 129,21 1,113. The distribution in various parts of the 

 Empire is as follows: European Ru.ssia, 94,188,750; Poland, 

 9,442,590; the Caucasus, 9,723,553 ; Siberia, 5,731,732 ; Turkes- 

 tan and the Transcaspian region, 4,175,101 ; the Steppes, 3,415,- 

 174; Finland, 2,527,801; Russian subjects in Bokhara and Khiva, 

 6,412. The most densely ]M)pulated regions are Poland, 192.6 



