Many of the representatives had only local or rural reputation.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
Young men from the rural districts come to St. Petersburg to better their fortunes, and all the various nationalities of the empire contribute annually to swell its fixed population.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
This class, along with the rural labourers who have no property, constitute a sort of fourth estate in the country, and there as elsewhere their condition is preparing a serious social question for the future.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae