# Siberia (Price)/Index

INDEX
Abakansk Steppe, the, 41, 49 Abakansk Tartars, the, 50, 80 Achinsk, 15, 41, 256 Agricultural Organization Committee, the, 194 Agriculture, black earth zone, the, 6, 8, 208, 209, 224; co-operative societies, 233; in Central Siberia, 226, 227; cereals, 8, 14; dairy produce, 8, 20, 30, 253; land, tenure of, 118 ff., 125 ff.; machinery, 18, 21, 239, 259; methods employed, 46, 93, 115 ff., 232; Minister of, 194; rye, 136; wheat, 211; the three-field system, 4. See Land Akmolinsk, government of, 208 Altai Mountains, the, 11, 13, 14, 48, 206, 219 Altaians , the. See Tartars, Altai Amur River, the, 263, 264, 265 Amusements, 79. See Holidays. Archangel, 254 Armenians, 34 Army, Russian, 10, 25–27, 83 Astrakhan, Khanate of, 174 Ataman, 265
Baikal, Lake, 251 Banking, in Siberia, 66–68; in Mongolia, 282 Baraba steppe, the, 13, 14, 251 Barnaul, 238, 252, 253 Bazaars, 27, 63, 64 Beryoza, 136 Biisk, 238, 252, 253, 274, 277 Bokhara, Ameer of, 180 Buddhism, 270 Bureaucracy, its merits and demerits, 4, 11, 69, 70, 71, 83, 131, 194 Buriats, the, 263
Canada, comparison of, with Siberia, 8, 12, 14, 17, 20, 34, 85 Catherine the Great, 182, 198 Cattle. See Live stock. Central Asiatic Railway, the, 2 Chalkoff, 176 Chelyabinsk, 7, 251 China, political influence of, in Asia, 2 Chinese in Siberia, 41, 101, 102, 118, 141, 146, 152, 154 ff., 161 Chuhm River, the, 43, 47 Climate of Siberia, 14, 40, 113 Coal mining, 220, 254 Commerce, British commercial interests in Mongoha, 296 ff.; Minister of, 194; influence of Moscow trusts in Siberia, 85; methods of, 231, 240; representatives versus agents, 242 ff.; Russian commercial law, 241 ff.; scope for foreign capital, 238 Commercial travellers, 11, 17 Communal system, the, 5, 127 ff. Consular representation, British, 247 Convicts and the convict system, 182–184, 189 ff., 218 Co-operative societies, 233 Copper mining, 254 Cossacks, advance of, into Siberia, 176 ff.; into China, 264 Cotton trade, the, 132, 239, 258, 283, 284 Credit, the Hoshun system, 280 ff. Crime, 89 Currency in Mongolia, 279 Customs, in Siberia, 258, 268; in Mongolia, 301
Dairy Produce. See under Agriculture Debentures, position of, in Russian law, 243, 244 Dengiz Khan, 174 Denmark, trade of, with Siberia, 213 Duma, the, 84, 195, 259
Easter Festivities, 51 Economic tendencies in Siberia, 31, 34. 35, 37 Ediger, 175 ​Education in Siberia, 20, 23 ff., 36, 37, 73, ff., 83, 104, 109 Education Board, the, 194 England, English trade with Siberia, 19, 21, 213 Exiles and the exile system, 20, 24, 27, 77, 81, 82, 86, 186 ff., 190 ff. Exports, butter, 29; dairy produce, 30; furs, 30; minerals, 30; timber, 30; lack of transport facilities for, 28, 30
Finns, the, 34, 140, 164 Fishing industry, the, 102, 139, 228 Free Trade, 259 Fur trade, the, 30, 102, 138, 158 ff., 207, 217, 218, 228, 288, 289
Georgians, 34 Germany, trade of, in Siberia, 11, 19, Z13, 250 Gobi, the, 262 Gold mining, 17, 19, 82, 88, 100, 219, 229 Golovin, 265 Government of Siberia, 193 ff.
Hakaz, the, 170 Hardware trade, the, 239, 285 Hide trade, 259 Holidays, 55. 60, 99 Horses, Siberian, 63, 64; price of, 66 Hoshun system, the, 270, 271, 280 Hospitals, 23, 72 Hotels, 17 Housing, typical Siberian houses, 16, 46, 47, 95–97, 144 Hunni, the, 170 Hutuchtu Lama, the, 270
Ili Treaty, the, 267, 268 Iliteracy, 73 Immigration, centres of, 7; State regulation of, 185–187; statistics of, 188, 210, 225; subsidies, 42 Individuahsm, growth of, 127 Industries, domestic, 36, 77; development of, 229, 230 Interior, Minister of, 194 Irkutsk, 11, 74, 277 Iron mining, 254 Irtish River, the, 13, 176, 207, 251, 253 Ishim-Irtish steppes, the, 9, 14 Ishim River, the, 9, 255 Ivan the Terrible, 173 ff.
Japan, commerce of, in Manchuria, 41; policy of, in Manchuria, 298 Jews in Siberia, 20, 34 Justice, Department of, 194
Kalgan, 269, 274, 276 Kamschatka, 268 Kang-hi, 264 Kansk, 256 Kara Sea, the, 257 Kemschik, the, 142 Khiakta, 275; Treaty of, 266 Khiva, Khan of, 180 Kirghiz steppes, the, 9, 251 Kobdo, 267, 269, 274 Kokand, Khan of, 180 Koko-Hotu, 269, 276 Kondia, 173 Kotlass, 254 Krasnoyarsk, 15, 16–39, 41, 224, 248, 256 Kuchum, Khan, 174 Kuldjaj, 267 Kurgan, 7, 238, 251 Kuznetsk, 47, 49, 254
Land, private ownership, conditions of, 235; State ownership of, 34; Survey Staff, the, 194; tenure of, 33, 118 ff., 125 ff.; Valuation Staff, the, 194 Leather trade, the, 239 Lena goldfields, the, 244 Letts, 34, 162 Libraries, 24 Live-stock industrv, 13, 214, 227, 228; grazing, 5, 7, 13, 94; in Mongolia, 287 Living, cost of, 29, 48; standard of, 30, 49, 233 Local Emigration Committee, the, 194 Local Government, 22 ff., 69 ff., 119 ff., 122 ff.
Machinery. See Agricultural Mining ​Manchuria, 263, 264 Manchus, the, 264, 265, 269 Meat, export of, 238, 253 Minerals, export of, 30. See also Mining Ming dynasty, the, 264 Mining, 71, 218–221; capital, foreign, scope for, 237, 246; coal, 254; convict labour, 183; copper, 254; iron, 254; machinery, demand for, 239, 240, 259; rights, method of acquiring, 246; transport, 255, 256; wages, 246 Minusinsk, 41, 57, 251, 277 Minusinsk steppe, the, 49 Mongol Empire, the, 171 Mongolia, exports, 274, 283 ff.; frontier of, 141, 265, 267; government of, 269 ff. ; imports, 283 ff.; Russian policy in, 294 ff. Moscow, its Orientalism, 1, 3; economic relations with Siberia, 28, 85 Muscovy, Tsardom of, 172 ff. Museums, 24, 75
Narim, 136 Nerchinsk, Treaty of, 265, 267 Nitsa,255 Novgorod, Republic of, 172 ff. Novo-nikolaevsk, 13, 222, 248, 253 Novo-Zemlya, 257
Obdoria, 173 Obdorsk, 136 Obi, the, 13, 84, 207, 251, 253 Omsk, 13, 238, 248, 255 Orenburg, 251 Ostiaks, the, 137, 172, 201, 202 Oxus, the, 9
Passports, 10, 69 Peasant Affairs, Department of, 194 Perm, 6, 254 Petropavlovsk, 9, 222, 238, 248 Poles, 34 Population, 35; density of, 13, 36, 209, 210, 224, 225; of Western Siberia, 223; of Yenisei Government, 224, 225 Prices, general, 29; bread, 100; cotton goods, 284; dairy produce, 211; furs, 138; horses, 66; rye, 227 ; timber, 19, 216; wheat, 227, 259; wool, 286 Prison Committee, the, 194 Prisons, 89 ff., 190 Provision trade, the, 239 Public Health Department, the, 194
Railways, capital, foreign, scope for, 236; comfort of travelling, 10; development of, effect of, on development of Siberia, 222; Great Siberian Railway, the, 250 ff.; material, importation of, 259; North Siberian Railway, the, 255; Omsk-Tiumen Railway, the, 249; projected, 253 ff. See Transport Religion, 165 ff,; Easter in the Greek Church, 51, 61; social divisions, effect of religion on, 34; of the Tartars, 53, 80; toleration between Tartar and Slav, 6, 54; the village church, 107, 108; the village priest, 109, 110 Restaurants, 18 Revolution, the, of 1904–1905, 192; Chinese, 269 ff., 273, 303 Revolutionary party, the, 106 Rivers. See Transport Roads. See Transport Russo-Japanese War, the, 21, 102, 192, 252, 298
Sable, decrease in numbers of, 164 Saghalien, 190 Sajansk Mountains, the, 49, 94 Salayersk, 219 Samara, 5
Samoyedes, the, 137, 172, 198, 201, 202 Sasonoff, M., 295 Semipalatinsk, 208, 220, 253 Senin, 269 Sibir, Khanate of, 171, 174, 201, 263 Silver mining, 219, 220 Sir Darya, the, 9 Soboleff, Professor, 261, 271, 276, 278, 283 ​Social distinctions and tendencies in Siberia, 32, 34, 37 Soiots, the, 203 Stock-raising. See Live stock Stroganof, 175 Sudjensk, 254 Sugar, importation of, 258 Surgut, 136 Sweden, trade of, with Siberia, 19
Tarbagatai, 267 Tariffs, 29, 31, 8s, 238, 239, 258, 268 Tartars, Abakansk, 50, 53, 80, 123, 20 ; absorption of, by Slavs, 6, 38; Altaians, 140, 147 ff., 201, 203; Chulim, 203; Kazan, 80, 153, 201; Khanate, the, 136, 174 ff.; Kirghiz, 201; Russification of, 19, 52, 54, 143, 145 ff.; 153, 197; social classification of, 34; subjugation of, 174 ff.; Tobolsk, 80, 177, 201; Tomsk, 201; tribal system of, 199 Tashkent, 254 Tavda, 255 Taxation, 132, 195, 198 ff., 233; guild taxes, 33; exemption granted to immigrants, 187; on foreign capital, 243; in Mongolia, 271, 292 Telengets, the, 203 Teluts, the, 203 Thai tsu, 264 Timber, 14, 19, 30, 112, 135, 215 ff.; 238, 255, 259 Tiumen, 11, 221, 249, 251, 255 Tobol River, the, 7, 11, 15, 176 Tobolsk, 8, 135, 208, 221, 222, 249, 255 Tomsk, 11, 74, 85, 209, 222, 223, 249 Trade, guilds, 33; methods of, 21, 31, 213, 231; Minister of, 194; Russo-Chinese, 266, 267, 275 ff. Transport, development of, 20, 31; roads, 16, 22, 40, 42; waterways, 13, 250, 256 ff. See Railways Tribal system among the Tartars, 199 Tunguse, the, 264 Tura, 255 Turkestan, Russian, 10 Turukhansk, 19 Tyukalinsk, 255
Ufa, 6, 251 Ugrians, the, 136, 172 ff. Ulankhom, 277 Uliassutai, 267, 269, 274 United States, trade of, with Siberia, 19 Ural Mountains, the, 6, 8, 14, 206 Urban Affairs, Department of, 194 Urga, 267, 274 Urumtsi, 267
Vierny, 254 Voguls, the, 201, 203 Volga, the, 5
Wages, 36, 246 Wallace, Sir Donald Mackenzie, 32 Water-supply, 50 Webster, Captain, 31, 25 White Sea, the, 254 Wiggin, Captain, 31, 257 Women, position of, 129 Wool trade, the, 145 ff., 275, 277, 285 ff.
Yalutorofsk, 255 Yenisei River, the, 15, 16, 56, 84, 207, 253, 257 Yeniseisk, 136 Yermak, 136, 175, 182, 201, 263
Zemstvo, the, 195 Zeminogorsk, 219
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