# Siberia (Price)

SIBERIA
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THE AUTHOR ON THE STEPPES
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SIBERIA
BY
M. P. PRICE M.A. Trin. Coll. Cambs. F.R.G.S.
WITH TWENTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS AND FOUR MAPS
METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
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First Published in 1912
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TO
THE MEMORY OF
MY MOTHER
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CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| The Author on the Steppes | Frontispiece | Frontispiece |
| | FACING PAGE | FACING PAGE |
| The Siberian Express | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 8 |
| Immigrants arriving in Siberia from European Russia | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 8 | |
| The Market Square, Krasnoyarsk | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 16 |
| A Street View in Krasnoyarsk | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 16 | |
| The Yenisei at Krasnoyarsk | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 26 |
| Military Barracks at Krasnoyarsk | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 26 | |
| Among the Rolling Downs of the Abakansk Steppes | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 50 |
| Crossing A Frozen Stream on the Abakansk Steppes | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 50 | |
| The Orthodox Church at Minusinsk | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 62 |
| The Town of Minusinsk | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 62 | |
| Siberian Village Youths | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 96 |
| Two Generations of Peasants living under one Roof | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 96 | |
| Typical Siberian Peasant Women | | 100 |
| Sunday Afternoon in the Village of Kushabar | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 108 |
| The Village Street of Kushabar | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 108 | |
| Forested Hill and Vale | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 114 |
| Zone of Aspen Poplar on the North Side or the Sajansk Mountains in the Upper Yenisei Plateau | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 114 | |
| Ready for the Plough | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 116 |
| The Growth of one Week | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 116 | |
| The Common Grazier of the Village Flocks | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 128 |
| The House of a Siberian Village Priest | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 128 | ​ |
| A Varied Assortment of Mongols, Tartars and Siberians on the Russo-Chinese Frontier in the Upper Yenisei | | 142 |
| By kind permission of Mr D. Carruthers |
| Poplar Dug-out Boats used by Siberian Fur Traders on the Upper Yenisei | | 158 |
| By kind permission of Mr J. H. Miller |
| Alpine Meadows and Larch Forest on the Plateaux of North-West Mongolia | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 262 |
| Mongol Women making Felt out of Wool and Horsehair | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 262 | |
| A Typical Mongol Encampment showing "Yurt," or round Felt Tent | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 270 |
| A Mongol "Caruole," or Fixed Encampment to define the Boundaries of the Tribes in Mongolia | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 270 |
| LIST OF MAPS |||
| General Map of Western and Central Siberia | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 304 |
| Physical Map of Western and Central Siberia | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 304 |
| Ethnographical Map of Western and Central Siberia | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 304 |
| Northern Asia and Europe | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 304 |
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