Show GROWTH OF MOSCOW russian cit city will soon rank with the largest in europe the of moscow shows a remarkably rapid increase within the comparatively short pirlon of 30 yeara years tha the number of inhabitants haa just about doubled at the time of the french invasion I 1 ai I 1 ible 9 the urban muscovites numbered about although the official returns were in 1871 the ial census rave gave the population as in 1 it was and according conling ac to the reckoning now completed the historic capital contains 1173 inhabitants thus taking the tenth place among the most populous cities of the world moscow lover an area am of 0 square kilometers or uly two kilometers lesi less than that of st petersburg area Is not however by any means a general criterion in questions quest luns of jf population ae an appears from the fact that whereas bondon with the largest population po Pu latiOn of any city in the world covers quare square kilometers new york with a population numbering more than a million less than that of the metropolis has ha a total area of 79 w square kilometers the population ot of moscow Is less dense than those of fit petersburg glasgow Olas pow london berlin and paris |