. The earth and its inhabitants .. . «ireat Kussians. ^s. Chuv E3 rm mm e3 Votyaks. 'IVtars. Biislikirs. White Russians. —^ luo Miles. carriers. The export trade in such articles as salt, leather, corn, preserved meats, is monopolized by them, and as dragomans they are the natural agents between the Russian merchants and Mohammedan buyers from Bokhara, Khiva, and Persia. The population of the Kama basin is no less diversified than that of the Middle Volga. In the government of Viatka alone there are about ten different nationali- ties, exclusive of the Jews, Gipsies, and Polish and
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . «ireat Kussians. ^s. Chuv E3 rm mm e3 Votyaks. 'IVtars. Biislikirs. White Russians. —^ luo Miles. carriers. The export trade in such articles as salt, leather, corn, preserved meats, is monopolized by them, and as dragomans they are the natural agents between the Russian merchants and Mohammedan buyers from Bokhara, Khiva, and Persia. The population of the Kama basin is no less diversified than that of the Middle Volga. In the government of Viatka alone there are about ten different nationali- ties, exclusive of the Jews, Gipsies, and Polish and German colonists. The Great Russian element doubtless prevails over all the others, but this is partly due to the number of natives who have become Russified with the progress of civilization. The Ziryaniansof the Upper Petchora and Yichegda basins are also represented by numerous groups on the Upper Kama and its tributaries. But here the Permians of kindred stock form the bulk of the indigenous population. Both speak
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