Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-22
1Ar RUSSIAN CENSUS.
A Large Increase In she Population %

A Large Increase IN the Population %
cities shown BY the Enumeration.
RussIa is one Of the few countries Of
Europe In which statements Of the pop
ulation are based not upon official
enumeration, but upon estimates some
times inaccurate. While, therefore, the
population Of city, province, or dis
trict of Russia has been known In gem
eral way, an exact and detailed record
of the number Of inhabitants at any
given time, such as Is kept Z. London,
Paris and New York, has been lacking.
Recently, there has been taken census
OF the population of the large cities Of
Russia and the Novoe Veremya Of Mos
COW gives details Of the preliminary
count.
Fifteen years ago the population OF
Russian cities was returned as follows:
ST. Petersburg, s45,oo0i Moscow, 1885,
900; Warsaw, 100000; Odessa, 100000;
Riga, 10000, and Kharhoff, 10000.
These were the six cities In Russia hav-
ing more than $4,000 population each,
according to the estimates made at that
time. BY the census just completed
the first regular census taken In Rus
sia--it is seen that st. Petersburg has
a population Of l,250,0O0, or very little
less than the city of Vienna, and more
than Toxic, Japan. This put 81. Peters
burg seventh In the list of cities Of the
world. London being first, the enlarged
New York second, Paris third, Berlin
fourth, Canton fifth, and Vienna sixth.
The next largest European city after St.
Petersburg is Constantinopie, the popu-
lation of which has always been some
what conjectured, for a detailed
enumeration OF its inhabitants has
never been made, and, moreover, the
number Of transients In Constantine
pie is at all times considerable. The
second largest city of Russia Is Mos
cow, the population OF which was re-
turned by the recent census as within
a small fraction of the million mark
9o7,o37. Moscow Is a much older city
than ST. Petersburg, and II was for
many years the chief city Of Russia,
but that distinction belongs 10 II no
longer; though, as may be seen, the
population of the old Russian capital
Is largely on the increase. The third
largest city in Russia Is Warsaw, with
o population Of $4,000. and Odessa is
fourth with a population Of $4,000.
Two Russian cities which have In
creases very largely are Kiev and LODI
in Poland. Fifteen years ago the pop
ulation Of Kiev was 100. 900, but II Is now
100000. Fifteen years ago the popula-
tion Of LODI was 10000; II is now $780,.
900. Nineteen Russian cities are re-
turned as having upward of 100000 In
habitants each. Thirty-iive cities In
the empire have more than $4,000 pop
ulation. Samarkand and Kokand oc'
cupy higher places in the list than such
ancient and important centers as Tyer
Kursk and Poltava.
The complete results OF the Russian
census will be made known by the end
OF August. The marked growth in the
population Of Russian cities Is ascriba'
bic in considerable measure 10 the In
creased development of Russian rail
roads and TO the improved methods o.
communication throughout the empire
The total population of Russia, urbar
and rural, with colonies included, is fal
in excess of 100000 900, and the rate o
increase Is rapid.-N. Y. Sun.