North-American Review and Miscellaneous JournalUniversity of Northern Iowa, 1900 |
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Page 593
... RAILWAY . BY M. MIKHAILOFF . THE immense and sparsely populated country of Siberia was for a long time merely an accidental adjunct of the Russian Em- pire . Its sole importance to the latter lay in the fact that it supplied valuable ...
... RAILWAY . BY M. MIKHAILOFF . THE immense and sparsely populated country of Siberia was for a long time merely an accidental adjunct of the Russian Em- pire . Its sole importance to the latter lay in the fact that it supplied valuable ...
Page 594
... railway line ; and then , becom- ing Minister of Finance at the end of the same year , he insisted on the immediate construction of the great Siberian Railway . According to the original plan , the direction of the Siberian Railway was ...
... railway line ; and then , becom- ing Minister of Finance at the end of the same year , he insisted on the immediate construction of the great Siberian Railway . According to the original plan , the direction of the Siberian Railway was ...
Page 595
... railway in Manchuria , connecting the Baikal line with Vladivostok , was obtained by the Russo- Chinese Bank from the Chinese Government . Thus the estimated length of the Siberian Railway was reduced by about 550 kilo- metres . In ...
... railway in Manchuria , connecting the Baikal line with Vladivostok , was obtained by the Russo- Chinese Bank from the Chinese Government . Thus the estimated length of the Siberian Railway was reduced by about 550 kilo- metres . In ...
Page 597
... RAILWAY . 597 pioneers were succeeded by exiles . These were but few in number at first , but latterly there were as many as 18,000 to 20,000 yearly . The introduction of this element was of sinister im- port for Siberia . It was forced ...
... RAILWAY . 597 pioneers were succeeded by exiles . These were but few in number at first , but latterly there were as many as 18,000 to 20,000 yearly . The introduction of this element was of sinister im- port for Siberia . It was forced ...
Page 599
... waters washing the Russian shores of the Pacific are much more important at present . Among the most important is the seal in- dustry , which is specially developed on the Commandorskie and THE GREAT SIBERIAN RAILWAY . 599.
... waters washing the Russian shores of the Pacific are much more important at present . Among the most important is the seal in- dustry , which is specially developed on the Commandorskie and THE GREAT SIBERIAN RAILWAY . 599.
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