The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

POPULATION. 457The Russians, as is well known, are fond of travelling, and those who can affordit never fail to spend some time abroad, especially since foreign passports no longercost the enormous sum of 500 roubles, as was the case before 1857. But few exceptrefugees or exiles settle abroad. The country is large enough to allow all fortuneseekers—agriculturistsor artisans—to find a favourable place of resort within thelimits of the empire. Hence the immigration in Russia is greater than theFi?. -44. Haymaking in Pkkania./ ^ \^.tM.emigration. Very numerous especially are the German immigrants, of whom abouthalf come from Austria. Between 1857 and 1876 they exceeded by more than500,000 the emigrants of the same nationality.* The Germans now settled inRussia number altogether upwards of 1,000,000.German immigrants into Russia from 1857 to 1876„ emigrants from ,, ,, ,,Excess of immigrants4,605,5594,048,164