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CHITA , a See also:town of See also:east See also:Siberia, See also:capital of See also:Transbaikalia, on the Siberian railway, 500 m . E. of See also:Irkutsk, on the Chita See also:river, See also:half a mile above its confluence with the Ingoda . Pop . (1883) 12,600; (1897) 11,480 . The Imperial See also:Russian . See also:Geographical Society has a museum here . Several of the See also:palace revolutionaries, known as Decembrists, were banished to this See also:place from St See also:Petersburg in consequence of the See also:conspiracy of See also:December 1825 . The inhabitants support themselves by See also:agriculture and by See also:trade in furs, See also:cattle, hides and See also:tallow bought from the See also:Buriats, and in manufactured wares imported from See also:Russia and See also:west Siberia . |
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