This allows you to broaden the scope of your studies. You may find, as the term progresses, that your readings on the group of your choice are scattered throughout your journal, but your table of contents can help pull them together. You need not write a separate essay on the non-Russian people of your choice, just give them some particular attention in your weekly readings. The people you choose should not live in the area you have selected in connection with the regional history exercise. Edited by James S. Olson, et al.
All earlier figures are guesses, sometimes scientific, sometimes fanciful.
By the end of the reign of Peter I, cadastral surveys allowed more reliable estimates. These estimates are based on population growth and decline, as well as territorial expansion and contraction. The left column numbers the peoples in rough numerical order of their bulk within the full census of the Soviet Union. Then comes the English name of the peoples themselves. The third column indicates the language group within which the people's language is classified.