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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Russia |
 | | The boundaries of Russia are: on the north, the Arctic Ocean; on the west, Sweden, Norway, the Baltic Sea, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Rumania; on the south, the Black Sea, Turkey, Persia, the Caspian Sea; Afghanistan, and China; on the east, the Pacific Ocean. |
 | | The greatest increase in the population is given by the region of New Russia, that of the Baltic, and the Province of Moscow. |
 | | The Little Russians inhabit the south of Russia and the basin of the middle and lower course of the Dnieper, and constitute 26.6 per cent of the total population of the empire. |
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