Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
IN THE DAYS NEWS
Archangei.

ArchangeL Russia, where a joint Allied and Amer can cxpeditionary force has been in conf'itt with Bol- sheviS troops is described in a bulle- tin Of the National Geo:a aphic So- cietT, issued from its Washington headquarters.
 The city of Archangel where Allied and Anerc1l troops have their head quarters, was the capital of the Arch angel province. or government under the Tsar's rasrime. a vast barren and snarselg populated region cut through by the Arctic circle" the bulletin says.
 West and east. the distance across the Archangc. district ;s about that from London to Rome from New York to St. LQui-. or from Boston to Charleston, : C. Its arna. exclusive of Inter.cr waters. is greater than that of France, I+aIy, Belgium and Holland combined. let there a:A not many more people in these great stretches thar are to he found in Detroit Mich, | or San Francisco. Cal, or Washington, 1 D. ..
 "The climate is extren,t1v cold. 1 Tn the northern parts the ground does 1 not thaw the year round. Tho port of Archangel is ice bound six months of the year, and entirely free from ice 1 only three months
 "Arable laud in all this territory is less than ] 200 square miles and three fourths of that is given over to pas ] turage- The richer grazing land sup ports Holmagor cattle q breed said to l date bfck to the time of Peter the l Great. who crossed nativn herds with cattle imported from Hoiland.
 Rocky, barren plains stretch south 1 of ArChangel city and these. with the
 swamps and marshes to the east, and 1 more plains and lakes t0 the south = while a third more is Gvergrown with ] forests. There also are tll71Gras GOV | cred with lichens. where reindeer find pasturaGe.
 1 About fifty miles from the mouth of the Dvin1 river, which affords ar outlet to the White Sea, lies the city
 of Archangel Norsemen cane to thai port in the t'nth century for trading | One expedition was described by Alfred the Great. But first contact
 with the outside world was establish ed in the sixteenth century when Sil Richard Chancellor. an English sailor stopped at the bleak haven while
 attempting northeast passage tt India. Ivan the Terrible summoned
 him to Moscow and made his visit tht
 occasion for furthering cpmneScia
 relations with England. Thirty year after the EnGlishman's visit a towl
 was established and for the next hun
 dred years it was the Muscorite king
 dom's only seaport. chitf doorway fo
 trade with England and Holland.
 When Peter the Great establishe,
 St. Petersburg as his new capita l much trade was diverted :o the Baltic
 but Archan2el was compensated b, designation as the capital of the Arch l angel government. Boris Goduno
 threw trade open to all nations. an, } in the seventeenth century Tarta | prisoners were set to work building
 large bazaar and trading hall. De l spite it's isolation the cttv thus becam 1 a cosmopolitan center ana up to tn
 time of the world war Norwegian German, British, Swedish and Danis cargo vessels came in large numbers Every June thousands of pilgrim II would pass through Arcfangel O. r their way to the famous far nertI
 shrine, Solovetsky Monaste situate , on an island a little more than hal ] i a days boat journey from Archange
 "The city acquired it's name fror - t}s2 Convent Of Archangnl Michael. |
 the TroitZki Cathedral with it's fiv : domes is 8 wooden cross, fourtee
 feet high, carved by the versatfl 3 Peter the Great, who Ienrnei the us 5 of the mallet and chisel while work
 ing al sh:Dwright in Holland afte g he ascended the throne"