RUSSIA IN EUROPE. 



SITUATION AND EXTENT OF RUSSIA IN EUROPE. 

 Miles. Degrees. 



Length 1960 > , C 44 anci r2 North latitude. 



Breadth 1850 5 Detween J 2 1 and 65 East longitude. 



Russia in Europe contains 1,220,000 square miles, with 25 inhabi- 

 tants to each. 



SITUATION AND EXTENT OF THE WHOLE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. 

 Miles. Degrees. 



Length 6750). C 21 and 190 E. or 170 W. longitude. 



Breadth 2320 £ Detween £ 44 an d 78 North latitude. 



The whole Russian empire contains 4,900,000 square miles, with 

 less than 7 inhabitants to each. 



Name. ...Russia derives its name from the Russi, or Rossi, a Sla- 

 vonic tribe, who were the first known possessors of the country. It 

 has very generally, however improperly, been denominated Muscovy, 

 from Moscow, the capital, which takes its name from the river 

 Moskva, on which it is situate. 



Boundaries, divisions.. ..Russia in Europe is bounded on the 

 north by the Frozen Ocean ; on the east by the river Cara, the Ura- 

 lian mountains, and the Volga ; on the south by the Black Sea and 

 Turkey ; and on the west by Prussia, the Baltic Sea, and Sweden. 



The whole Russian empire is divided into 50 governments. 



GOVERNMENTS. 



CHIEF TOWNS. 



Archangel 



. 



Archangel 



5 N. lat. 64. 34. 

 £E. Ion. 38. 55. . 



Bratzlau 



_ 



Bi'atzlau. 





Caucasia 



- 



Astracan 



5 N. lat. 46. 21. 

 £E. Ion. 48. 2. 



Courland 



. 



Mittau 



(N. lat, 56. 40. 

 IE. Ion. 23. 50. 



Ekaterinoslav 



1 Cherson 



?N. lat. 46. 34. 

 / E. Ion. 32. 30. 







(^Ekaterinoslav. 



Irkutsk 



- 



J Irkutsk 

 (_Ochotsk. 



CN.lat. 62. 1. 

 ^E.lon. .129. 43. 



Kaluga 



- 



Kaluga. 





Kagan 



- 



Kazan. 





Kharkof 



... 



Kharkof. 





Kief - 



.... 



Kief. 





Kolhyvane 



_ 



Tomsk. 





Kostroma 



- 



Kostroma, 





Kursk 



_ 



Kursk. 





Mohilef 



. 



Mokilef. 





Minsk 



- 



MinskL 



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