1800. } 
For ihe Monibly Magazine. 
ON THE POPULATION OF THE RUSSIAN 
SEMPIRE. | 
712 HE prefent ftate and recent progrefs 
iL of the population of the Ruffian 
empire, which, next to the Ottoman do- 
minions, contains the largeft mafs of in- 
habitants of any European ftate, are ob- 
jects of the utmoft ftatiftical importance, 
fince it is on this immente population that 
refts the gigantic power, which within the 
Space of one century has become the de- 
cided arbitrator of the fate’ of Europe. 
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Births. Deaths. Marriages. 
(ome a wr me 
a: of the 2 CIES Males Females | Males | Females | Couples 
Ye Mews)! o | -25,252 |. 24579 918 16,372) , 26,164. | 105279 
2. Nowgorod and the Viéat 


riate of Star aja Rufla 9320 8,234. 4:474| &y249 4,383 
3- Mofkwa 2. 1 ew «| 270994) 922,235} 13,238) 42,131 | 43,751 
4. St; Petetfbursh . 93527 ca 85450 52508 49358 
5. Kafan A Caray Sie 235391] 20,286] 12,889] 115486 13,263 
Ge ai PacnaTy gh 6,308 55074. 32041 25337 32044. 
7- POboHe 5 128,206) 2658471 Fel4da | TZJO54 1. ¥25766 
Beale Maes GO RI Pore 95798 55330 5.413 | 0,281 
Re Gane Coury eh Ty Vid\oaieuen 57898 4,011 35472 | 4,100 
FOr, RATED Fa Sy 17,732) 14,726 55316 55148 35509 
EV. CwER. Soon oh ieee Fes 15,569 12,928 5858 $9793 73373 
re. New Rutia 0.5), 26,319| 24,731! 165,785| 15,414. 145615 
ree Richeempow . 2" 5 33:046| 30,603! 21,338] 20,975 17,162 
14. White Ruffia ee Ee OOO | 9h 2G5,) | 755891 75288 59537 
oe ime ah ss 2,915 2577] 435705 1,647 1,333 
roy Gmorcnie FS 2977 | “go,2ag | 1352161} 123,522 99313 
PF. Nihesered: !" 2)! 20,173] 16,664) 10,031 94.22 95554 
gical 14-15) 26: aM ane Soa es 46,301 393364} 235523} 22,350 205333 | 
PO SU, I Fe 12,77] 410,315: 52380 5,137 75284. 
20, WWoleeda' ss 11,024 9,506) 5,912 556441 4,928 
Be iSerornne ey NO 8 OR | “a7, eet 6,628] 6,204 9,676 
O25 WWaetat sg eer ang 23:959| 25,219 14,555| 13579! 13.407 
ey. ereManeer ye a BY 77104 6,271 454.27 4,236 Be BTL 
2a Weoronein 6S) 27 eye] 22,907 |: | 10,466 95198 | 12,764 
m5. WKueMe a BORN og 43390 4,650 35450 23828 25239 
oie sh) Re 10,112 75396 454.10 45253 53776 
27. Diinbow .. 5-500 «cf 2259393) 16,667 7 hOT 6,667 | 31,784 
Pern: er ah ety creo) he aan. nr) Bats 6544.5 $9799 6,900 
Vicariates. f 8 ' 
Poe Wie PLP hoes! hh, 1,078 971} 15231 754 608 
Bo Mebdonial! eis YA oe 797 704 681 532 §15 
Bee Sreenconaee 4) CRE ae Ba) 130927 799331) 72324 6,337 
32. Parejaflaw 2. 4. 2] 42,79F} . 11,791 73879 73539 6329 
Sum Total® i298 eaions 460,900} 275,582 | 264,807 257,514 
Grand Total’ -.° °°. 991,915 540,390 2575513 
ee a ee ESE Sf eee 
ll Males 255,432 
Overplus of Births Pednales Teh ba 
Sinn Mat ate Wet erated ig aks 252 §, a 2 
This uncommon overplus of births is 
_ Mnparatleled in the annals of polisical eco- 
On the Population of the Ruffian Empire. 


227 
The following correét and authentic table 
of all the Lage deaths, and marriages, 
which in the courfe of laft year have taken 
place throughout the Ruffian empire in 
the dominant Grecian church, feems there- 
fore in a peculiar degree entitled to the 
notice of intelligent ftatiits and politicians, 
it being faithfully extrasted from the ge- 
neral returns received by the fynod, and 
containing all the Eparchies, .except that 
of Bruzlaw; which from the peculiar dif- 
ficulties, in forming a correct lift of morta= 
lity in chat Eparchy, could not be inferted. 















nomy, eine a charaéteriftic feature of the 
Ruffian empire yand i is an evident proof of 
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