Barnaul, a town of Western Siberia, in the government of Tomsk, about 290 miles SSW. of that town. Situated on the Obi, it is the centre of mining and smelting industries in Western Siberia, contains the largest furnaces of the Altai, and has a busy population of 14,000. The town has a school of mines.
Barnaul
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 747
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