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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 280 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ELISAVETPOL , a See also:

government of See also:Russia, See also:Transcaucasia, having the governments of See also:Tiflis and See also:Daghestan on the N., See also:Baku on the E., and See also:Erivan and Tiflis on the W. and See also:Persia on the S. See also:Area, 16,721 sq. m. It includes: (a) the See also:southern slope of the See also:main See also:Caucasus range in the See also:north-See also:east, where Bazardyuzi (14,970 ft.) and other peaks rise above the See also:snow-See also:line; (b) the arid and unproductive See also:steppes beside the Kura, reaching r000 ft. of See also:altitude in the See also:west and sinking to 100-200 ft. in the east, where See also:irrigation is necessary; and (c) the See also:northern slopes of the Transcaucasian escarpment and portions of the Armenian See also:plateau, which is intersected towards its western boundary, near See also:Lake Gok-cha, by chains of mountains consisting of trachytes and various crystalline rocks, and reaching 12,845 ft. in See also:Mount Kapujikh. Elsewhere the See also:country has the See also:character of a plateau, 7000 to 8000 ft. high, deeply trenched by tributaries of the See also:Aras. All varieties of See also:climate are found from that of the snowclad peaks, Alpine meadows, and stony deserts of the high levels, to that of the See also:hill slopes, clothed with gardens and vineyards, and of the arid See also:Caspian steppes. Thus, at See also:Shusha, on the plateau, at an altitude of 368o ft., the See also:average temperatures are: See also:year 48°, See also:January 26°, See also:July 66°; See also:annual rainfall, 26.4; while at Elisavetpol, in the valley of the Kura, they are: year 550, January 32°•2, July 77° and rainfall only 10.3 in. Nearly one-fifth of the See also:surface is under forests. The See also:population which was 885,379 in 1897 (only 392,124 See also:women; 84,130 See also:urban), and was estimated at 953,300 in 1906, consists chiefly of See also:Tatars (56%) and Armenians (33%). The See also:remainder are Kurds (4.7%), Russians and a few Germans, See also:Jews, Kurins, Udins and Tates. Peasants See also:form the See also:great bulk of the population. Some of the Tatars and the Kurds are nomadic. See also:Wheat, See also:maize, See also:barley, oats and See also:rye are grown, also See also:rice.

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cotton has begun, but the rearing of silkworms is of old See also:standing, especially at See also:Nukha (165o tons of cocoons on the average are obtained every year). Nearly 8000 acres are under vines, the yield of See also:wine averaging 822 million gallons annually. Gardening reaches a high See also:standard of perfection. See also:Liquorice See also:root is obtained to the extent of about 35,000 tons annually. The rearing of live-stock is largely carried on on the steppes. See also:Copper, magnetic See also:iron ore, See also:cobalt and a small quantity of See also:naphtha are extracted, and nearly ro,000 persons are employed in manufacturing See also:industry — copper See also:works and See also:silk-See also:mills. See also:Carpet-See also:weaving is widely spread. Owing to the Transcaucasian railway, which crosses the government, See also:trade, both in the interior and with Persia, is very brisk. The government is divided into eight districts, Elisavetpol, Aresh, Jebrail, Jevanshir, Kazakh, Nukha, Shusha and Zangezur. The only towns, besides the See also:capital, are Nukha (24,811 inhabitants in 1897) and Shusha (25,656).

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