RUSSIA

empire, embracing more than hall of Europe and nearly a third of Asia, second only to British Empire in extent length from Poland to Bering Strait, 5700 m.; breadth; from N. to S.,2667m., includes European Ru ia (with Kingdom of Poland), Grand Duchy of Finland, Caucasia, Trans cas pian Territory, Central Asia, and Siberia; 8,660,282 sq. in.; cap. St. Petersburg; 1x4,873,008; European RU SSI A touches Arctic Ocean on N., the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and Caucasus Mts. on S., the Caspian Sea, R. Ural, and Ural Mts. on E., and Sweden, Baltic Sea, Pru ia, Austria, and Roumania on W.; 2,095,504 sq. m. divided into 51 provs. (excluding Finland and Poland); it has 12 cities of pop. over 100,000, and other 22 over 50,000, including Helsingfors, Dorpat, and Warsaw; R. has nine universities religion, Orthodox Greek Catholic; Ro. Catholics,; 8,000,000; Protestants and Jews, 3 millions each; Mohammedans, 2,600,000; Pagans, 26,000 pop. 95,870,810. [Giurgevo; 27,198.