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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: with Byzantine cupolas colored green and gold, stood up
against the gray sky. This is Kolyvan, where the officers
and people employed at Kamsk and other towns take refuge
during the summer from the unhealthy climate of the
Baraba. According to the latest news obtained by the
Czar's courier, Kolyvan could not be yet in the hands of the
invaders. The Tartar troops, divided into two columns,
had marched to the left on Omsk, to the right on Tomsk,
neglecting the intermediate country.
Michael Strogoff's plan was simply this -- to reach Koly-
van before the arrival of the Usbeck horsemen, who would
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