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 Irtysh - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Irtysh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Irtysh is the chief tributary of the Ob.
On its course, the Irtysh passes through regions with rich deposits of non-ferrous metals, coal, and salt.
Ust-Kamenogorsk and Bukhtarma hydroelectric power stations were built on the river in the 1950s.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Irtysh   (194 words)

  
 Shishkov, V.Ya. - SovLit.com - Encyclopedia of Soviet Authors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He worked in the Novgorod and Vologosky regions, then, in 1894, went to work in the Tomsk region of Siberia, where he was to stay for 20 years.
He traveled the regional waterways, measuring and making maps of the Enisei, Irtysh, Ob, Lena, Biya, Katun, Chulym, Angara, and Lower Tungusk.
His travels brought him in contact not only with the varied wonders of Siberia, but also the many strata of society there: workers, peasants, gold miners, criminals, wandering bums, political exiles, sectarians.
www.sovlit.com /bios/shishkov.html   (644 words)

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