Population Of Russia

European Russia, at the beginning of 1897, had a population of 94,215,000; the Caucasus had ,248,000 inhabitants; the Previsliansky provinces, 9,455,000; Siberia, 5,727,000; Central Asia, an estimated population of 7,721,000. The total population of European and Asiatic Russia is thus placed at 126,368,000; and including the Russians in Finland, Bokhara, and Khiva the total is placed at 126,411,000, of which number 63,253,000 are males. United States Consul Smith of Moscow says that the population of the cities and towns of Russia is only 16,289,000, or about 13 per cent of the aggregate population. If the people of the villages and small settlemenfcs are added, the actual town population is still only 20,000,000.