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 . w Petrograd), has a popula-tion of a little more than 2,000,000. The city is built on the marsh-land of the Neva River, 20 miles east of its port, Cronstadt. Theaverage winter temperature is 18°. It was founded by Peter theGreat in 1703, and Catherine II made it one of the most brilliantcapitals in Europe. When the emperor occupies his wonderful Win-te
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 . w Petrograd), has a popula-tion of a little more than 2,000,000. The city is built on the marsh-land of the Neva River, 20 miles east of its port, Cronstadt. Theaverage winter temperature is 18°. It was founded by Peter theGreat in 1703, and Catherine II made it one of the most brilliantcapitals in Europe. When the emperor occupies his wonderful Win-ter Palace, it houses persons. This building is one of theworlds largest palaces, and is lavishly decorated and population is 1, Nijni Novgorod, on the Trans-Siberian Railway, has a population of oidy 90,000, but its annual fairis the largest in the world. Russia nominally ceased to be an absolute monarchy in 1905, withthe establishment of the Duma; but the emperor has not dropped histitle of Autocrat, although the Duma has registered a protest, and inhim are still lodged, in a great measure, the executive, judicial, andlegislative functions of the government. The fourth Duma has been 348 COUNTRIES INVOLVED. Russian Infantry sitting since November, 1912. By a change made in the electoral lawin June, 1907, the members of the Duma, representing the provincesand the greater cities, are chosen (for five years) by electoral bodiescreated by the voters. The council of the empire, established in 1810,became in 1906 a legislative council, made up equally of elected mem-bers and the emperors nominees, and annually convoked and pro-rogued by imperial decree (ukase). No act of legislation is submittedfor the emperors approval unless it has been passed by both powers of initiative and legislation are vested in the Council andthe Duma, but neither body is empowered to receive petitions or depu-tations. Four additional councils, controlled by the e
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