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Barnaul , city (1989 pop. 602,000), capital of Altai Territory, SW Siberian Russia, on the Ob River. A port and major railway junction, Barnaul is in the heart of the Kulunda steppe, an agricultural area where wheat, corn, and sugar beets are grown. The city's chief industries produce cotton textiles, chemicals, artificial fibers, and machinery. Altai State Univ. is there. Barnaul was founded in 1771 as a silver-smelting center.

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Barnaul, Altay Territory/Russia Founded as a metal works c.1738, the city lies on the confluence of the Rivers Ob and Barnaulka, after which it is named. The name might be derived from any one of a number of words for ‘wolf’: büre in Tatar, bo'ri in Uzbek, börä in Uighur, or boru in Ket. With the additional Ket ul ‘river’ the name could mean a ‘River along which Wolves are common’.

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Altai Territory

Altai Territory or Altay Territory, administrative division (1995 pop. 2,697,200), c.102,400 sq mi (265,220 sq km), S central Siberian Russia. Barnaul is the capital. It is drained by the Upper Ob River and traversed by the TurkSib and South Siberian railroads. To the southeast is the Altai Republic , a former subdivision of the region. The fertile Kulunda steppe, where spring wheat, oats, corn, and sugar beets are grown, is in the western part of the territory. Major cities, besides Barnaul, include Biysk and Chesnokovka.

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