Letter about the Chinese auction by Alexander Radishchev. Short summary

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In a letter about the Chinese trade, the author discusses the national economic purpose of the country’s trade with China. He concludes that it was especially important for eastern Siberia.

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An epistle addressed to the sovereign in which the author speculates on the national economic purpose of the country’s trade with China. Earlier he wrote that the termination of trade between Kyahta and the country of the rising sun would not be a great loss for the state and could even be beneficial.

The Irkutsk Gubernia suffered the main loss after the stoppage of the trade at Kyakhta. The writer talks about the place that this type of trade occupies in Russia’s total income and its foreign trade. He also lists the goods that were imported and exported to China.

This trade was of particular importance to eastern Siberia. The author describes the road by which goods were delivered to Siberia and from there to the European part of Russia.