SEVERE VICISSITUDES
THE CITY OF LENINGRAD
Since 1914 Leningrad has gone through the severest vicissitudes from war and revolution and civil turmoil and the less of its place, a.*; capital cf Russia, to Moscow, a. more ancient city still. Its population in 1920 had fallen from 1,900,000 to about 700,000, but from that lowest ebb it has risen, under the Soviet to a present figure of 2,776,400, on which it is still retains its place as the second city of Russia. It is a great manufacturing centre cif all sorts of commodities, chiefly metal and machinery, shipbuilding, electric . equipment, textiles, and chemicals. Power is derived from hydro-electric stations and steam stations burning peat. It is Russia's chief seaport for timber, tallow, hemp, flax, linseed, hides, skins and furs. A. ship canal gives communication with the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic. Inland communication is by rail", road and various waterways, including the Stalin Canal, lining the Baltic with the White Sea nnd Arctic Ocean. Under the Soviet these have all been greatly improved.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 154, 12 September 1941, Page 3
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173SEVERE VICISSITUDES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 154, 12 September 1941, Page 3
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