Kostroma

Kostroma, capital of a Russian government, stands near the junction of the Kostroma with the Volga, 216 miles by rail NNE. from Moscow. Of late years the industry of the town has shown great advances. The spinning and weaving of cotton and linen, the manufacture of brandy, dyeing, corn-grinding, and tanning are the chief industries. Pop. (1891) 28,143.—The government of Kostroma has on the west the government of Yaroslaff and on the east that of Vyatka. Area, 32,490 sq. m.; pop. (1897) 1,428,893.