Contents
The following information can be found in most editions:
- a surname index of over 100,000 names and thousands of companies
- a directory of prominent landowners
- Lists members of the Imperial House of Russia and government officials
- statistical information about the Russian Empire
- Population figures
- information and guidelines about trade and industry in Russia
- Lists of joint-stock companies
- Sub-sections detailing a directory of each district of each province, listing administrative officials, merchants, industrial and commercial manufacturers
- Original advertising
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