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102 PROBLEMS CONFRONTING RUSSIA
shooting for commercial purposes in 1913 and their total
value comprises the following items and figures :
Total number Total value in roubles
Bear ..... 1.444 17.724
Wolf..... 7»342 29,322
Common fox .... 20,156 128,073
Blue fox ..... 21,228 232,254
Skunk ..... 33.785 25,906
Siberian sable .... 17,007 21,824
Ermine ..... 77,648 175.771
Marten..... 1.797 I5.56O
Sable ..... 20 800
Squirrel ..... 573.983 181,021
Hare. ..... 344.316 88,470
Musk..... 503 169
Reindeer ..... 288 1,488
Elk...... 1.537 20,627
Roe..... 4,000 16,139
Boar ..... 545 I.9I7
Wild cat..... 2,169 1.444
Tiger ..... 453 4.659
Total .... 1,108,221 964,168
Hazel hen ..... 1.049.545 247.347
Woodcock .... 246,438 70.445
Grouse ..... 22,633 10,973
White partridge 188,792 29>7r4
Grey partridge .... 35.58I 6.974
Bustard ..... 1,294 1,005
Duck..... 131.817 27,787
Goose ..... 14.380 9.559
Swan ..... 1,072 1.376
Grebe ..... 2,502 419
Total .... 1,694,054 405.599
These figures do not comprise the animals and game killed
for sporting purposes. They must be very considerable,
but are not shown in the official statistics.
Agriculture.—Russia is, notwithstanding her mineral
wealth, primarily and chiefly an agricultural country.
About three-fourths of her population are engaged in
agricultural pursuits. The great plain, which stretches from
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