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Kailwav. In order to explain inoie clearly the <,a-ography of the 

 laiui, this work is liiriiishecl with a map of the Russian Empire 

 showiii.^ the .general network of Kiissian railways, together with the 

 (ireat Siberian l\ailwa\ as well as the principal deposits ol the noble 

 metals, with which the coiinlrv is richly provieled. 



The present edition has been accomplished under the direction 

 of Mr. \'. I. Kovalevsky, Director of the Department of Trade and 

 Manufactures, and President of the Imperial Russian Commission lor the 

 World's Columbian ]:xposition at Chicago, together with the active 

 assistance of Scnatc^r P. P. Semenov, Vice-President of the Imperial 

 Russian Geographical Society, a man well known to the civilized 

 world through his geographical works, lliis volume is being simul- 

 taneously translated into the English language with the kind assistance 

 of the Consul-General of the United States, Mr. J. M.Crawford, who 

 consented at the request of the Imperial Ministry ot Pinance to 

 supervise and edit the English translation of this work. 



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