The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-16
RUSSIAN EMPIRE
MUCH DIVIDED
Ih'rty'Two New Nations in Its
Territory Before the
War

F1tf0grad, Sept, l2.-American boys
VINO have t. Lean the boundaries or
the countries OF the world and their
capitals will hare hard time when
inaheIs OF geogiaph.es Incorporate the
new ohshoots OF the Russian Empire
III lhe.r acnUUibOUks.
The realm over which the Car Mich.
oias ruled Is now split up into u
nations which are federated with Mos.
COW. A new official map issued by the
SOVIET government show, all these
divisions Of what was once European
and Asiatlc Russia.
Finland and Poland are not included
m this map. Although they were for
merly Of the Russian Empire. their
complete independence has been re- ,og.
nized. Also Il thonia. Latyia and tn
uahia' the new Baltic states which
nave Just been recognized by the
United states are conceded by the
Moscow government to be wholly sen.
arate Consequently there are really
~ new nations where there was only
one before Soviet rule prevailed in
Ru. STA.
The main or parent Soviet republic
comprises pract caly all OF Central
ana Northeln European Russia and
has It's capital IN Moscow. Many of.
the other governments which nave
sprung up are in remote sections and
comprise slightly populated territory
and cities OF no SIZE Some OF them
are republic5 Others are cassed as
cOmmunes, but all are autonomous.
The Ukra,nian republic. with It's cap.
tal at Kharkoff, embraces the best
part OF Southern Russia and includes
Odessa. This is the richest section of
agricultural Russia and 1t contains
the greatest deposits Of iron and coal
1t was highly sndustrialized under the
! Cars government
Practically all CT Siberia west of Ir.
kutsk is included in the Far la tern
Republic with its capital at Chita I'm
mediately south OF this Is the Mongol.
ian republic with It's head at Urga
This belonged TO China before the war.
China still insists that owns Mon
gotta and denies the ext tence of the
new Soviet republic which I'm sa has
created Mongolia had mited auton.
omy before the war but Russia domin.
ated it and wa really not Russian ter.
ritory, but claim d Il as It's sphere of
influence steadily refusing 10 allow
American railway constructors 20 take
concessions which would touch this
territory.
The Karelan Workmen's Commune.
with its capital at Perosovodsk, lies
north of Petrograd adjoining Finland.
and ha recently been the scene Of
considerable fighting between the
| Firms and Soviet troops II $ a sterile
and worthless country, but because
| Of its strategic position commanding
! the railway to Kola, Russias only ice
! free coast on the north, is of great
Importance
Mnsk Is the capital Of the White
Russian republic, which is Of great i'm
! poitance because it adjoins Poland
| and the new Baltic state Of Lithuania
| The Crmean republic, W tn it; capital
at Sinferopol, includes Seyastopol and
| several other important Black Sea
| ports.
The Georgian and Azerbajijan Re-
publics are Of great Importance be-
cause they include the great Rus
sian oil supply which European ma
tions covet more than any other Rus
| ( an possessions. Their capitals are III
fills and Baku.
| Bokhara the land Of rugs W tn cap
ital of the same name, is listed as
| one of the Soviet republics which
| Moscow has created east or the cas-
pain Khiva the land formerly ru' ed
by the Khan of Khiya who is now
q prisoner in Moscow. is now slated
as a republic with its capital at
| Khiya. The Daghestan government
has capital named Temir+Khan-
Schura
Even harder for the student of
geography vii be the name of the
capital of the Khirghese Republic
| Vatalpaschnsk Cuchum Kale is the
name of the capital city of Abehas.
kishe Republic
Erivan is the capital of the new
Armenian republic, which is now fed.
Grated with Georgia and Azerbaigan.
! land several other Siberian tribes
have their own seperate republics
have their own separate republics.
Kazan, on the Yolga, and is the cen
ter for one of the most extensive
famine relief organizations created
by the American Relief Adminstra,
ton
Markstada on the Voga Is the head
of a commune whose population is
made up chiefly of German colonists
who have also been helped extensively
by American Relief Administrations
Many Of the new republics are
much smaller than we're the govern.
ments, or provinces. under the i'm.
peralistic regime, and their fedora
tion with Moscow is more or less
fctlonal at the present time Their
armies are directed by Moscow, Al
so their railways, If they have any
In other words Moscow takes care
that they shall not endanger the
Soviet central government, and lets
them paddle their own canoe as best
they can.