Note 8 — Chapter LIII · RUSSIANS AFLOAT.
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The religious professions of the seamen (excluding officers) in the Russian fleet I gathered from the Naval Almanack for April, 1879, to be as follows:—
BALTIC. BLACK. CASPIAN. ARAL. SIBERIAN. TOTAL.
Afloat. Ashore. Afloat. Ashore. Afloat. Afloat. Afloat. Ashore.
Orthodox Russian Ch. 16,669 289 4,729 31 1,281 291 2,028 308 25,626
Gregorians 1 3 4
Protestants 759 16 8 7 8 7 3 808
Roman Catholics 51 8 13 1 9 3 85
Jews 2 2
Mohammedans 47 5 43 19 4 1 119
Sects ⎧ ⎨ ⎩ Molokans 3 3
Pomorski 3 3
Pagans 3 3
17,526 313 4,756 38 1,334 330 2,044 312 26,653
17,839 4,794 1,334 330 2,356 26,653