The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . led by the emperors private cab-inet, conduct the administration. All the legal tribunals are con-trolled by the high court of justice, known as the Ruling Senate. Thiswas established by Peter I in 1711. There are six sections, repre-senting the various provinces, presided over collectively by the min-ister of justice. The Holy Synod—also established b
The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . led by the emperors private cab-inet, conduct the administration. All the legal tribunals are con-trolled by the high court of justice, known as the Ruling Senate. Thiswas established by Peter I in 1711. There are six sections, repre-senting the various provinces, presided over collectively by the min-ister of justice. The Holy Synod—also established by Peter I—superintends the empires religious affairs. It is composed of themetropolitans of St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Kiev, the archbishopsof Georgia and Poland, and several bishops sitting in turn. Its deci-sions are of no effect unless approved by the emperor. A third gov-ernment board, reorganized in the autumn of 1905, is the committeeof ministers, while the Council of Ministers constitutes a fourth boardcomposed of all the ministers and the general directors of importantadministrations. The established religion is the Russo-Greek Church, officially calledthe Greek Orthodox faith, of which the emperor is the head. He RUSSIA 349. Passing in Review does not presume to decide questions of theology or dogma, but hemakes appointments and exercises certain powers of transfer anddismissal. Members of the Orthodox faith represent about 70 percent, of all; Mussulmans, 10 per cent.; Roman Catholics, 9 per cent.;Protestants, 5 per cent.; Jews, 4 per cent. Advanced education has been sternly repressed in Russia, even inthe time of the present emperor. Professors have been persecuted andsuspended for teaching fundamental scientific laws, standard text-books have been banned, and other repressive measures have been putin force. Statistically speaking, European Russia in 1913 had 90,418elementary schools—high, middle, and primary—with a total attend-ance of 5,794,922. Ten per ce
Size: 2786px × 897px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., boo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectworldwar19141918
