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KUZNETSK , two towns of See also:Russia . (1) A See also:town in the See also:government of See also:Saratov, 74 M. by See also:rail See also:east of See also:Penza . It has grown rapidly since the development of the railway See also:system in the See also:Volga See also:basin . It has manufactures of agricultural machinery and hard-See also:ware, in a number cf small factories and workshops, besides tanneries, rope-See also:works, See also:boot and See also:shoe making in houses, and there is considerable See also:trade in sheepskins, See also:grain, See also:salt and wooden goods exported to the treeless regions of See also:south-east Russia . Pop . (1897), 211740 . (2) A town in See also:West See also:Siberia, in the government of See also:Tomsk, 150 M . E.N.E. of See also:Barnaul, on the Upper Tom See also:river, at the See also:head of See also:navigation . It has trade in grain, See also:cattle, furs, cedarwood, nuts, See also:wax, See also:honey and See also:tallow, and is the centre of a See also:coal-See also:mining See also:district . Pop . (1897), 3141 . |
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