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Social Classes in Russia — Nobility, Serfs, Corruption and Legal System

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Men.Women.
Monks16
Priests89126
Servants11459
Military officers[A] in active service13953
Superior officers in the civil service, ditto339236
Officers of the fourteenth class, ditto419163
Military officers on leave.
Generals11
Staff-officers of every grade4231
Civil officers on leave.
Generals22
Superior officers and others107104
Persons employed in the theatre159
First guild merchants610
Second ditto3531
Third ditto736623
Foreigners194144
Burghers18,09215,973
Government employes of all kinds2,121237
Young people reared at the expense of the crown32
Soldiers on furlough3112
Workpeople415511
Gipsy slaves5463
German colonists3724
Pupils of all kinds99617
Total24,03218,429

[A: Neither the officers nor the soldiers of the garrison are included in this list.]

FOOTNOTES:

[12] The official correspondence of the ministers, and of the civil and military authorities, amounts annually to nearly 15,000,000 of letters, whilst that of all private Russians does not exceed 7,000,000.