sentences:  He travelled overland and by river boat via Khabarovka, Blagoveshchensk, Nerchinsk, Chita, Irkutsk, Tomsk, Surgut, Tobolsk, Tara, Omsk, and Orenburg, and then returned by train to St. Petersburg.A number of Siberian cities erected triumphal arches to celebrate the visit of the future emperor.Prince Esper Ukhtomsky also took part in the journey, and collected important ethnographic notes about the places he visited.