Astrakhan Anno 1770: Its History, Geography, Population, Trade, Flora, Fauna and Fisheries by Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin

Astrakhan Anno 1770: Its History, Geography, Population, Trade, Flora, Fauna and Fisheries

Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin with Willem M. Floor (Translator)

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In 1770, Astrakhan, on the left bank of the Volga River close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea, was Russia's most important southern port through which all its trade with Iran and the Orient was conducted. Astrakhan had been a Tatar cit...

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