ASTRAKHAN

A A government in e.|\ the south-east European Ra ia, 28 north Gt tie Comes aes Stee ry | of 85,000 square miles on sides of the mm | Volga. Tho land consists chiely of e3 Steppes, and there are extensive salt 20 es. (2) The capital of the former, ia Fall eerrert ty Beene Lae ja | fro mite mouth. The ye be | and large quant i tics of fish. caviare, [s. 55]