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See also:ARCHANGEL (ARCHANGELSK)
, a See also:government of See also:European See also:Russia, bounded N. by the See also: In the See also:southern districts See also:hemp and See also:flax are raised, but See also:grain crops are little cultivated, so that the bark of trees has often to be ground up to eke out the scanty See also:supply of See also:flour . Potatoes are grown as far See also:north as 65° . See also:Shipbuilding is carried on, and the forests yield See also:timber, See also:pitch and See also:tar . Excellent See also:cattle are raised in the See also:district of Kholmogory on the Dvina, veal being supplied to St See also:Petersburg . See also:Gold is found in the districts of Kola, See also:naphtha and See also:salt in those of Kem and Pinega, and See also:lignite in Mezen . Sulphurous springs exist in the districts of Kholmogory and Shenkursk . The See also:industry and See also:commerce are noticed below in the See also:article on the See also:town See also:Archangel, which is the See also:capital . The government is divided into nine districts, the See also:chief towns of which are—See also:Alexandrovsk or Kola (pop . 3oo), Archangel (q.v.), Kem (1825), Kholmogory (1465), Mezen (2040), Novaya-Zemlya (See also:island), Pechora, Pinega (r000) and Shenkursk (1308) . See A . P . See also:Engelhardt, A See also:Russian See also:Province of the North (Eng. trans., by H . See also:Cooke, 1899) . |
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