. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 298 RUSSIA IN EUROPE. and in the steppes between the great bend of the river and the Sea of Azov. Most of them come from Swabia, the Palatinate, and Hesse, and in passing through the country the traveller is surprised to meet with numerous villages named after such places as Munich, Stuttgart, Darmstadt, Heidelberg, Carlsruhe, Mannheim, AVorms, or Strasburg. In 1876 the German settlements in the governments of Yekaterinoslav, Kherson, Taurida, and Bessarabia numbered 370, with a total population of over 200,000, all generally in a prosperous state
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 298 RUSSIA IN EUROPE. and in the steppes between the great bend of the river and the Sea of Azov. Most of them come from Swabia, the Palatinate, and Hesse, and in passing through the country the traveller is surprised to meet with numerous villages named after such places as Munich, Stuttgart, Darmstadt, Heidelberg, Carlsruhe, Mannheim, AVorms, or Strasburg. In 1876 the German settlements in the governments of Yekaterinoslav, Kherson, Taurida, and Bessarabia numbered 370, with a total population of over 200,000, all generally in a prosperous state. Yet many, Fii?. 150.—Peoportion op Roman Catholics in Volhynia, PonoLiA, and Kiev. P. r-«i I It 3,000 to 5,000 Catholics. 5,000 to 10 000 Catholics. Over 10,000 Catholics. Under 5 per cent. 5 to 10 per cent. 10 to 20 per cent. 20 to 25 per cent. 40 per cent. especially of the Mennonitcs; have fallen into the proletariate class, emigrating in thousands to Brazil and the States in order to avoid military service. Although Eussian is the official language, they still speak German of a more literary type than that of their Swabian forefathers, but otherwise mixed with a number of SUiv words and phrases. Other German colonists from Pomerania and East Prussia have settled in Volhynia, and since 1868 about 7,000 Bohemians have purchased lands, mainly along the railway line between Brest and Lutzk. These have been very successful,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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