RUSSIA. 



20,000,000 ; and Mr. C. T. Hermann is of this lait opinion. 

 The real number, in 1762, apparently lies fomc where be- 

 tween 1 8 and 1 9,000,000. 



The fourth general revifion, in 1782, gives 12,838,529, 

 and, with the females, 25,677,058; or, according to Her- 

 mann, 26,358,822. The two capital cities, the military and 

 the nomadic tribes, are not included in this calculation. 

 Thefe at prefent amount to 2,960,000: at that time we 

 may fuppofe them to have amounted to 2,000,000. By 

 this ftatement, the population of Ruflia, in 1782, would 

 have been between 27 and 28,000,000. Crome, in 1785, 

 admits 25,000,000; Sufmilch, 24,000,000; Plefchtfcheef 

 (not reckoning the clergy, the civil eftablifhment, the mili- 

 tary, and the Nomades) admits *26, 617, 698 in 43 govern- 

 ments ; while Hupel in 1780 to 1790, and Hermann, com- 

 pute 28,000,000. 



The fifth revifion, in 1796, gave 17,816,370 males, 

 which, fuppofing an equal number of females, makes the 

 population amount to 35,632,740; or, according to the 

 datum 16,223,229, (which we confider greatly below the 

 truth,) 34,038,599. If we add the two capitals, the mili- 

 tary, and the Nomades, computing them at 2,960,000, the 

 population in 1796 will amount to 36,998,599. Bufching 

 and Beaufubre make it 30,000,000; Schlcctzer, 33,000,000; 

 Hermann, 33,250,000; Meufel between 35 and 36,000,000; 

 and Storck, 36,000,000. 



.Following thefe data, the progrefs of population in 

 Ruffia, brought on partly by the improvement of the in- 

 terior, partly by new acquifitions, has been as follows : 



In 1722 - 14,000,000. 



1742 - 16,000,000, after 20 years. 



1762 - 19,000,000, after 20 years. 



1782 - 28,000,000, after 20 years. 



1796 - 36,000,000, after 14 years. 



1806 - 41,000,000, after 10 years. 



This aftonifhing increment has proceeded in a great mea- 

 fure from new acquifitions. It would prove highly in- 

 terefting, were we able to afcertain nearly the progrefs of 

 the Ruffian population, independent of the recent acqui- 

 fition: . 



We (hall admit for Little Ruffia and the Baltic pro- 

 vinces the number exhibited by the enumerations of 1755, 

 1768, and 1772, which yields a total of 1,696,586; fuh- 

 joining the new acquifitions fince 1773, according to the 

 data publilhed by general Oppermann on his map of 17961 

 conltrudted by order of government, for delineating the new 

 limits. According to this author, Ruffia acquired, 



Individuals. 



By the firft difmemberment of Poland in 1773 1,226,966 

 By the peace with the Ottoman Porte in 1774 ") . ... «._ 



in > I , I ,OIO 



and 1783 ) 



By the peace with the fame power in 1791 - 42,708 



By the fecond partition of Poland in 1793 - 3,745,663 



By the annexation of Courland - 387,922 



By the fubfi quent partition of Poland in 1795 1,407,402 



Total of the acquifitions fincc 1773 

 Add 



down to 1804 ought to be more accurate. The adminitlra- 

 tion mult have acquired confiderable influence, efpecially 

 after the organization of the governments in 1775. ^ w '" 

 be of importance, therefore, to know the effect of thefe 

 caufes, as exhibited by the lait cenfus, in 1804, which Mr. 

 Hermann delivers to us in the following tables. 



Little Ruffia comprehends the governments of Kief, 

 Tchernigof, Pultava, Ukrainfkoi-flobode, with a part of 

 Ekaterinoflaf and Kurfk ; to which mud be added the 

 country of the Donlkoi Coffacks, as peopled by the inha- 

 bitants of Little Ruffia. The whole of this vait terri- 

 tory, called the Ukraine, formed the boundary between 

 the Turks and Tartars. Its population, in 1804, was 

 as follows ; 



Kief - 

 Tchernigof 

 Pultava 



Ukrainfkoi-flobode - 

 Ekaterinoflaf - 

 Coffacks of the Don 



Mntes. 



574>2'7 



534'T '2 



713.772 

 420,304 



210,815 

 161, ICO 



Females. 

 538,404 



53 ? >57- 



73 2 > 6 39 

 418,781 



183,363 

 194,521 



2,614,920 2,606,278 



The Swedifh provinces are a part of Karelia and Ingria, 

 conltituting at prefent the governments of St. Peterfburg, 

 Finland, Efthonia, and Livonia. Their population, in 

 1 804, was as follows : 



Males. Females. 



St. Peterfburg - 268,748 270,920 



Finland - - 94>397 87,393 



Elthonia - - 107,357 105,591 



Livonia - - 290,014 295,443 



760,516 759,947 



6,982,271 



So that the number of individuals in the Swedifh pro- 

 vinces and in Little Ruflia is 6,741,661. 



On comparing this number with the preceding enumera- 

 tions, it will be feen that the Swedifh provinces have gained 

 one-fourth, and that Little Ruffia has nearly doubled ; fince 

 it is certain that, in this laft cenfus, the fcveral provinces 

 belonging to Little Ruffia in its largeil extent have not 

 been included. 



The Polifh provinces annexed from 1773 to 1795, in- 

 cluding Courland, are White Ruflia, Lithuania, and the 

 Polifh Ukraine, or the governments of Minlk, Vitepfk and 

 Molnlef, Grodno and Vilua, Podolia and Volhynia. The 

 Hate of their population, in 1784, was as under : 



Males. Females. 



Minlk - - - 431,586 426,940 

 Vitepfk - - 343,716 33°> 6z 4 



Mohilef - - 403,614 397>38l 



Grodno - - 300,278 290,782 



Vilna ... 465,224 460,046 

 Podolia - - 379,2 15 556,870 



Volhynia - - 564,586 522,1*2 



Courland - - 191,910 189,366 



Ming the Baltic provinces and Little Ruffia, 7 ^ , „ 

 we get - - - - - - 5 



Here we have the total amount of the population of the 

 countries conquered, down to 1795. 



All this, however, was obtained by means of firft enu- 

 merations, which were of courfe incorrcft. Thofc made 



3,080,129 3,i74,'9' 



According to general Oppermann, the population I 

 thefe provinces, in 1796, amounted to 6,767,953 s wni 

 it appears that the population ol Poland ie ftationary. 



The Turkifti provinces are Cherfon, Taurida, the 



country of the Coffacks of the Euxine, and the refid 



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