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TYUMEN , a See also:town in See also:West See also:Siberia, in the See also:government of See also:Tobolsk, situated where the See also:chief See also:highway from See also:Russia across the Urals touches the first navigable See also:river (the Tura) of Siberia . Pop . (1900), 29,651 . A railway passing through See also:Ekaterinburg (202 m west by See also:rail) and the See also:principal ironworks on the eastern slopes of the See also:middle Urals connects Tyumen with See also:Perm, theterminus of steamboat See also:traffic on the See also:Kama and See also:Volga . Tyumen has See also:regular See also:steam communication with See also:Omsk and See also:Semipalatinsk Irtysh (steamers penetrating as far as See also:Lake See also:Zaisan in See also:Dzungaria), with See also:Tomsk, and other places in the See also:Altai, and with the See also:Arctic Ocean and the See also:fisheries of the See also:lower Ob . The town is well built, and stands on both See also:banks of the Tura, here spanned by a See also:bridge . The inhabitants have always been renowned for their See also:industrial skill . Woollen See also:cloth, See also:linen, belts, See also:barges, See also:paper, and especially boots and gloves, are manufactured to a large amount; and Tyumen carpets have a See also:great reputation in Russia and Siberia . |
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