PLATE LXIX.
A WOMAN OF KALOUGA,
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IN HER SUMMER DRESS.
KALOUGA is the capital town of the government of the same name,
and lies within what is called the " middle region" of Russia. Its
latitude is 54° 4o' north, and its longitude 53° 47' east of London. It
is 888 versts (each verst containing 11(5/ yards) from St. Petersburg,
and 160 versts from Moscow.
The state of agriculture in this district is not very good, and the
produce of the land is barely equal to supply the wants of the year.
There are considerable iron-works, and the forests, with which it
abounds, facilitate the working of them. The iron made here is
exported by means of the rivers Desna and Dniepr. At Kalouga there
are several manufactories of linen and woollen, of sail-cloth, silk, sugar,
paper, tanning, and distilling; but the principal trade consists in hemp,
hemp-oil, corn, tallow, and cattle.
