. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. DUBOVKA—SAREPTA—TZAROV. 419 theatre of hills, it is one of the least picturesque places on the Volga, with the vulgar air of most trading and industrial towns. The tonnage of its river traffic, about 144,000 tons in Fig. 217.—Old Course of the Volga below Tzauitzî.v. Scale 1 : 2,140,000. 1865, has greatly increased since it has been brought into direct railway communication with Moscow and St. Peters- burg. It is a great mart for the surrounding German colonies, and has workshops of all sorts, without being dis- tinguished by any special manufactu
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. DUBOVKA—SAREPTA—TZAROV. 419 theatre of hills, it is one of the least picturesque places on the Volga, with the vulgar air of most trading and industrial towns. The tonnage of its river traffic, about 144,000 tons in Fig. 217.—Old Course of the Volga below Tzauitzî.v. Scale 1 : 2,140,000. 1865, has greatly increased since it has been brought into direct railway communication with Moscow and St. Peters- burg. It is a great mart for the surrounding German colonies, and has workshops of all sorts, without being dis- tinguished by any special manufacture. The project of ranking it a University town has long been discussed. Farther down are Kamishin, Diiborka, and Tzaritzin, all on the right bank. Dubovka for- merly enjoyed great commercial prosperity, owing to its vicinity to the Don, which here comes within 36 miles of the Volga. But its river traffic, amount- ing in 1860 to about 100,000 tons, and valued at £400,000, has almost entirely ceased since the Volga and Don railway has had its terminus removed to Tzaritzin. Near this place was founded, in 1765, the Ger- man colony of Sarepta, consist- ing of Moravian Brethren, to whom exceptional privileges were granted. Surrounded b}^ gardens, orchards, and well- watered fields, Sarepta is a real oasis in the wilderness. Its chief industries are the prepa- ration of mustard and tobacco. To the east of Tzaritzin, on a lateral branch of the Volga known as AkhtCiba, rises the modern town of Tzarov, probably on the site of the famous Mongol capital of Sarai, ravaged by Tamerlane, and finally destroyed in 1480 by a voivod of Muscovy. Tzarov and Vladimirovka export the salt of the steppes ; and the latter was the farthest point reached by the plague in 20 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the origi
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