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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 892 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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KOLYVAR . (I) A See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

West See also:

SIBERIA

Siberia, in the See also:

GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

TOMSK

Tomsk, on the Chaus See also:

RIVER

river, 5 M. from the Ob and 120 M. S.S.W. of the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Tomsk. It is a wealthy town, the merchants carrying on a considerable export See also:

trade in See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, hides, See also:

TALLOW (M.E. talugh, talg, cf. Du. talk, L. Ger. talg ; the connexion with O.E. taelg, dye, or Goth, tulgus, firm, is doubtful)

tallow, See also:

corn and See also:

fish. It was founded in 1713 under the name of Chausky See also:

OSTROG

Ostrog, and has grown rapidly. Pop. (1897), 11,703. (2) KOLYVANSKIY ZAVOD, another town of the same government, in the See also:

DISTRICT

district of Biysk, See also:

ALTAI (in Mongolian Altain-ula, the " Mountains of Gold ")

Altai region, on the Byelaya river, 192 M. S.E. of See also:

BARNAUL

Barnaul; See also:

ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude, 1290 ft. It is renowned for its See also:

stone-cutting factory, where See also:

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble, See also:

JASPER

jasper, various porphyries and breccias are worked into vases, columns, &c. Pop., 5000.

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