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Updated: July 24, 2025
Besides, he was repaid for his good offices by the deference shown him by the staff at the railway station. At three in the morning we arrived at Kara Bouran, where the train stopped but a few minutes.
The sleigh thus lightened, was dragged through the obstruction but unfortunately turned on its beam ends, and filled with snow before it could be righted. The bouran was from the south, and raised the temperature above the freezing point. The increasing heat became uncomfortable after the cold I had experienced.
The medical faculty can have the benefit of my experience, and prescribe as follows for their rheumatic patients. "st. nt. o. lg. sl. S. r. = ther. z "Start at night on a long sleigh ride over a Siberian road with the thermometer below zero." A bouran arose in the afternoon of the second day, but was neither violent nor very cold.
The greatest personal inconvenience was the sifting of snow through the crevices of our sleigh cover. At every halt we underwent a vigorous shaking to remove the superfluous snow from our furs. A storm with high winds in this region takes the name of bouran. It is analogous to the poorga of Northeastern Siberia and Kamchatka, and may occur at any season of the year.
I saw the portrait and bust of Yermak, but no one could assure me of their fidelity. The face was thoroughly Russian, and the lines of character were such as one might expect from the history of the man. He was represented in the suit of armor he wore at his death. The evening after we passed the Irtish, a severe bouran arose. As the night advanced the wind increased.
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