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Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province.

The "minor town" (mestechko/местечко) was distinct from other rural and urban settlement types. According to most sources, the mestechko had four distinguishing features: In ethnic terms, the inhabitants of a mestechko were generally Jewish. In…

The atlas describes 24 mines in Omsk, Tomsk, and Enisejsk.

Mid-size towns are found only in the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Finland. They are rough equivalents of the uezd towns.

Выборы в Верховный Совет УССР 26 июня 1938 г. На сн.: На избирательном участке в родильном доме Молотовского избирательного округа г. Киева, где в депутаты Верховного Совета УССР баллотировалась кандидатура товарища Н. И. Ежова. Роженица А. П.…