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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 139 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EKATERINOSLAV , a See also:

town of See also:Russia, See also:capital of the See also:government of the same name, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Dnieper above the rapids, 673 M. by See also:rail S.S.W. of See also:Moscow, in 48° 21' N. and 35° 4' E., at an See also:altitude of 210 ft. Pop. (1861) 18,881, without suburbs; (1900) 135,552. If the suburb of Novyikoindak be included, the town extends for upwards of 4 M. along the See also:river. The See also:oldest See also:part lies very See also:low and is much exposed to floods. Contiguous to the towns on the N.W. is the royal See also:village of Novyimaidani or the New Factories. The See also:bishop's See also:palace, See also:mining See also:academy, archaeological museum and library are the See also:principal public buildings. The See also:house now occupied by the Nobles See also:Club was formerly inhabited by the author and statesman See also:Potemkin. Ekaterinoslav is a rapidly growing See also:city, with a number of technical See also:schools, and is an important See also:depot for See also:timber floated down the Dnieper, and also for cereals. Its See also:iron-See also:works, See also:flour-See also:mills and agricultural machinery works give occupation to over 5000 persons. In fact since 1895 the city has become the centre of numerous Franco-Belgian See also:industrial undertakings. In addition to the branches just mentioned, there are See also:tobacco factories and breweries.

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trade is carried on in See also:cattle, cereals, horses and See also:wool, there being three See also:annual fairs. On the site of the city there formerly stood the See also:Polish See also:castle of Koindak, built in 1635, and destroyed by the See also:Cossacks. The existing city was founded by Potemkin in 1786, and in the following See also:year See also:Catherine II. laid the See also:foundation-See also:stone of the See also:cathedral, though it was not actually built until 183o-1835. On the See also:south See also:side of it is a See also:bronze statue of the empress, put up in 1846. See also:Paul I. changed the name of the city to Novo-rossiysk, but the See also:original name was restored in 1802.

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