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KOLYVAR . (I) A See also: town of West See also: Siberia, in the See also: government of See also: Tomsk, on the Chaus See also: river, 5 M. from the Ob and 120 M
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S.S.W. of the city of Tomsk
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It is a wealthy town, the merchants carrying on a considerable export See also: trade in cattle, hides, tallow, corn and See also: fish
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It was founded in 1713 under the name of Chausky See also: Ostrog, and has grown rapidly
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Pop
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(1897), 11,703
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(2) KOLYVANSKIY ZAVOD, another town of the same government, in the See also: district of Biysk, Altai region, on the Byelaya river, 192 M
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S.E. of See also: Barnaul; altitude, 1290 ft
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It is renowned for its See also: stone-cutting factory, where marble,
See also: jasper, various porphyries and
breccias are worked into vases, columns, &c
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Pop., 5000
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