According to recent statistics the Germans inhabiting the banks of the Volga number close to half a million, distributed equally on both banks of the great inland river. The ethnic type of these Germans has been maintained with remarkable purity and their language contains obsolete forms dating from the eighteenth century. The names of the largest communities and the number of their inhabitants are as follows:
| Saratoff | 12,500 |
| Norka | 13,416 |
| Frank | 11,700 |
| Grimm or Lesnoi Karamish | 10,761 |
| Baltzer Katharinenstadt or Baronsk | 10,134 |
FOOTNOTES:
[279] P. Clerget: Les Colonies Allemandes de la Volga, La Géogr., Feb. 1909.
[280] H. Pokorny: Die Deutschen an der Volga, Deutsche Erde, 1908, No. 4, pp. 138-144.
[APPENDIX B]
The Balkan States Before and After the Wars of 1912-13[281]
AREAS (in square miles)
| State | Former area | New area | Percentage of Increase or Decrease |
| Montenegro | 3,506 | 5,600 | + 60% |
| Albania | — | 10,900 | — |
| Serbia | 18,650 | 33,600 | + 80% |
| Rumania | 50,720 | 54,300 | + 7% |
| Bulgaria | 37,201 | 43,300 | + 16% |
| Greece | 24,966 | 46,600 | + 87% |
| Turkey in Europe | 65,370 | 9,700 | – 85% |