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CHAPTER XX.—ACROSS THE TAIMYR PENINSULA 236

We leave the Katanga—Our Winter Dress—Fatigues of Sledge
Travelling—A Tungus Family—Across an Unknown Land—The
Nosovaya Tundra—An Unexpected Forest—A Dolgan
Deputation—Geographical Distribution of the Nomad Races—We Reach the
Yenisei.

CHAPTER XXI.—UP THE YENISEI 247

No News from Civilisation—We bid Adieu to Torgersen—Sledging
up the Yenisei—Torosses—The Taiga once more—Turukansk—The
Ostiak—“A Big Minister”—Society in
Turukansk—Yeniseisk—Home.

CHAPTER XXII.—THE EXILE SYSTEM 262

The Ukase of Abolition—Early History of the Exile System—An
optimistic View—The “Cooking” of Official Documents—The
Early Reformers—Statistics—An Unacknowledged Corvée—The
Brodyagi—Cannibalism—Increase of Crime—Demoralisation of the
Authorities.

CHAPTER XXIII.—THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD AND
MARITIME COMMUNICATION WITH NORTHERN SIBERIA 273

Raison d’être of the Railway—Its Uselessness for the Transport of
Cereals—The Perm-Archangel Line—Price of Wheat on the
Yenisei—The great Waterways of Siberia—Maritime Communication—Capt.
Wiggins and the Yenisei Trade—The Difficulties in the
Way—The Policy of the Closed Door—The best Ice-breaker.

CHAPTER XXIV.—MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL CULTURE IN
SIBERIA 283

The America of the Old World—The Tercentenary of Siberia—Her
Needs formulated—A System of reckless Plunder—Illiteracy of the
Russian Conquerors—Persecutions of the Colonists—The
“Gold-Barons” and “Vodka-Kings”—Stagnation of
Industry—Education—Influence of the Swedish Prisoners of War—Pioneers of Culture in
Siberia—Yadrintseff on the Future of the Country.

APPENDIX: YAKUT TRAVEL PHRASES 299

INDEX 307

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CHAPTER XX.—ACROSS THE TAIMYR PENINSULA	236
We leave the Katanga—Our Winter Dress—Fatigues of Sledge Travelling—A Tungus Family—Across an Unknown Land—The Nosovaya Tundra—An Unexpected Forest—A Dolgan Deputation—Geographical Distribution of the Nomad Races—We Reach the Yenisei.
CHAPTER XXI.—UP THE YENISEI	247
No News from Civilisation—We bid Adieu to Torgersen—Sledging up the Yenisei—Torosses—The Taiga once more—Turukansk—The Ostiak—“A Big Minister”—Society in Turukansk—Yeniseisk—Home.
CHAPTER XXII.—THE EXILE SYSTEM	262
The Ukase of Abolition—Early History of the Exile System—An optimistic View—The “Cooking” of Official Documents—The Early Reformers—Statistics—An Unacknowledged Corvée—The Brodyagi—Cannibalism—Increase of Crime—Demoralisation of the Authorities.
CHAPTER XXIII.—THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD AND MARITIME COMMUNICATION WITH NORTHERN SIBERIA	273
Raison d’être of the Railway—Its Uselessness for the Transport of Cereals—The Perm-Archangel Line—Price of Wheat on the Yenisei—The great Waterways of Siberia—Maritime Communication—Capt. Wiggins and the Yenisei Trade—The Difficulties in the Way—The Policy of the Closed Door—The best Ice-breaker.
CHAPTER XXIV.—MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL CULTURE IN SIBERIA	283
The America of the Old World—The Tercentenary of Siberia—Her Needs formulated—A System of reckless Plunder—Illiteracy of the Russian Conquerors—Persecutions of the Colonists—The “Gold-Barons” and “Vodka-Kings”—Stagnation of Industry—Education—Influence of the Swedish Prisoners of War—Pioneers of Culture in Siberia—Yadrintseff on the Future of the Country.
APPENDIX: YAKUT TRAVEL PHRASES	299
INDEX	307