1238 RUSSIA
1 Square verst . . . = '439408 square mile.
1 Dessiatine . . . . = 2 '69972 English acres.
1 Pound (96 zolotniks-32 lots) = fo of a pound English (0 '90283 lb.).
( = 36 lbs. English. 1 Pood (40 pounds) . . . \ = '32243578 cwt.
( = 0-016121789 tons. 1 Fedro (8 shtoffs) . . . - 2f imperial gallons (2 '7056). 1 Chetvcrt (8 Chetveriks) . . = 5 '7719 imperial bushels. The Government of the People's Commissioners issued a decree adopting the Gregorian Calendar as from February 14, 1918.
Commercial Representatives.
1. Of Russia in Great Britain. Chairman of the Russian Trade Delegation. — M. Krassin.
2. Of Great Britain in Russia. Commercial Counsellor at Vladivostok.— R. M. Hodgson.
Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Russia. 1. Official Publications.
Two Years of Proletarian Dictatorship, published by the Supreme Economic Council, December, 1919. — Another Report, December, 1920.
Kkonomicheikaya Zhi.rn (Economic Life), published by the Economic Commissariats of the Republic.
Report -.of the Chairman of the Supreme Economic Council to the Eighth Soviet Con- gress, December, 1020.
' tevestia' of the Central Executive Committee.
Report of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Trade, Decemlwr, 1020.
Jiducation. Report of the People's Commissariat for Education. October, 1920.
Health. Report of the People's Commissariat for Health, December.
Food. Collection of Statistics illustrating the food policy of the Soviet Government, published by the P.C. for Food, September, 1920.
Russian Trade Agreement. (Gmd. 1,1207.) London, Hi21.
Interim Report of the Committee to Collect Information on Russia. (Cmd. 1,0/11.) London, 1020.— Final Report (Cmd. 1,240.) London, 1921.
2. Non-Official Publications.
The Russian Almanac. Compiled and edited by K. Peacock. London.
The Russian Economist. (Journal of the Russian Economic Association.) No 1. September — October, 1920. London.
Aitoff (D.), The Russian Empire. In Hugh Robert Mill's International Geography. 4th ed. London, 1908.— Peuples et langues de la Russie d'apres les donnees du premier recensement de la population execute en 1897. In Annate* de Qto<iraphit. No. 79. 1900. With ethnographical map of European Russia.
AUxifuky (G.), La Russie Modcrne. Paris. IM2. [English new Edition, London, 1914. 1 — Russia and Europe. London, 1917.
Baedeker't Russland. Europaisehes Russland, Eisenbahuen In Bussisch-Asleu, Te- heran, Peking. 6th ed. Leipzig, 1904. English Ed., 1914.
Ilallaril (C.B.), Russia in Rule and Misrule. London, 1920.
Baring (M.), The Russian People. London, 1011. The Mainsprings of Russia. London, 1M4.
I'.eabU (William IL), Commercial Russia. London, 1918.
Heailey(K.), Forbei (N.), and liirkttt (G. A.), A History ol Russia to Modern Times. London, 1918.
