POPULATION, 



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far inferior to tliat of other civilised European countries, being no more than 

 twenty-four years. 



Russia being- still mainly an agricultural country, its towns are relatively 

 smaller than those of West Europe. They contain one-tenth only of the entire 

 population, though the facilities of communication and industrial progress have 



Tii'. 242. — Densiiy of the Tuwx Poi'ilatiox in Eussia. 



Tnhab;t;ints to a Squire Mil,? 



n 



Under 3. 



13 to 26. 



26 to 52. 



a 



52 to 76. 



caused a general increase of late years. To the six cities of St. Petersburg, 

 Moscow, Warsaw, Odessa, Kichinov, Riga, containing over 100,000 inhabitants, 

 there must now be added Kiev and Kharkov, probably also Saratov and Berdichev. 

 In 1869 there were already 185 places with, over 10,000 inhabitants ; but amongst 

 vhem are included many administrative centres, which have received the title of 

 "district towns" {uyczdnîi/ gorod), although peopled almost exclusively by peasants. 



