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AKMOLINSK , one of the governments belonging to the See also:

governor-generalship of the See also:Steppes in See also:Asiatic See also:Russia, formerly known as the See also:Kirghiz See also:Steppe; bounded by the See also:government of See also:Turgai on the W., by that of See also:Tobolsk on the N., of Semi-palatinsk on the E., and of Syr-darya on the S. See also:Area 229,544 sq. m., of which 4535 are lakes. In the See also:north the government is See also:low and dotted with See also:salt lakes, and is sandy on the See also:banks of the Irtysh in the north-See also:east. An undulating See also:plateau stretches through the See also:middle, watered by the See also:Ishim and its tributary the Nura. The plains gradually rise southwards, where a broad See also:spur of the Tarbagatai mountains stretches north-westwards, containing See also:gold, See also:copper and See also:coal. Many lakes, of which the largest is Teniz, are scattered along the See also:northern slope of these hills. Farther See also:south, towards See also:Lake See also:Balkash, on the south-eastern frontier, is a wide waterless See also:desert, See also:Bek-pak-dala, or See also:Famine Steppe. This See also:section of the government is drained by the Sary-su and Chu, the latter on the See also:southern boundary-See also:line. The See also:climate is See also:continental and dry, the See also:average temperatures at the See also:town of Akmolinsk being for the See also:year 350, See also:January 1'5°, See also:July 70°; rainfall, only 9 in. The See also:population, which was 686,863 in 1897 (324,587 See also:women), consists chiefly of Russians in the northern and middle portions, and of Kirghiz (about 350,000), who breed See also:cattle, horses and See also:sheep. The See also:urban population was only 74,069. See also:Agriculture is successfully carried on in the north, the Siberian railway See also:running between See also:Petropavlovsk and See also:Omsk through a very fertile, well-populated region.

Steamers ply on the Irtysh. The government is divided into five districts, the See also:

chief towns of which are: Omsk (pop. 53,050 in 1900), formerly See also:capital of See also:West See also:Siberia, now capital of this government and also of the governor-generalship of the Steppes; Akmolinsk, or Akmolly (956o in 1897), On the Ishim, 26o m. S.S.W. of Omsk, and chief centre for the caravans coming from See also:Tashkent and See also:Bokhara; Atbasar (3030); Kokchetav (5000); and Petropavlovsk (21,769 in 1901).

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