I. An E. Government Of European Russia

An E. Government Of European Russia, bordering on Vologda, Perm, Ufa, Kazan, Nizhegorod, and Kostroma; area, 59,114 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 2,406,024, including Tartar tribes and about 50,00.0 Mohammedans. The surface is mountainous in the east, where ramifications of the Ural range extend, and level or undulating in other parts. The principal rivers are the Kama, an affluent of the Volga, dividing it from Ufa, and its tributaries, the Viatka, Tcheptza, and Kilmez, all navigable. The climate is severe. Grain, flax, hemp, tallow, honey, and wax are exported to Archangel, and furs, iron, and copper are also produced. The most fertile region is that of the Kama. "Woollen and linen goods and iron and copper ware are manufactured.

II. A City

A City, capital of the government, on the Viatka, 195 m. N. by E. of Kazan; pop. in 1867, 19,885. It has a fine cathedral and many other churches, a gymnasium, a seminary, important manufactories of woollen and other goods, and extensive silver and copper works.