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over which merchandise is frequently transported by land carriage inthe journey from Petersburg to Kiatka, I shall add the following list ofdistances.

From Petersburg to Moscow, 734 wersts; from Moscow to Tobolsk,2385 ; from Tobolsk to Irkutsk, 2918 ; from Irkutsk to Kiatka, 471..In all 6508 wersts, or 4338 English miles, and two thirds of a mile;The distance by the rivers is much greater, as has been already observed*.

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