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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “No need to say that at the same time the Scotch population is emigrating, and Scotland is depopulated at an appalling…”

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No need to say that at the same time the Scotch population is emigrating, and Scotland is depopulated at an appalling speed.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin highlights the alarming rate of depopulation in Scotland, linking it to agricultural decline and emigration.

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