The growth of the population
The growth of the population of towns was as much a
result of the landless peasants’ migration as of the influx of the labour force
from other regions of
| Years | Population in Riga |
Russians in Riga |
| 1854 | 54 536 | 15 098 (28%) |
| 1867 | 102 590 | 25 772 (25%) |
| 1881 | 169 320 | 32 094 (19%) |
