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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 91 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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IVANGOROD , a fortified See also:

town of See also:Russian See also:Poland, in the See also:government of See also:Lublin, 64 m. by See also:rail S.E. from See also:Warsaw, at the confluence of the \Vieprz with the See also:Vistula. It is defended by nine forts on the right See also:bank of the Vistula and by three on the See also:left bank, and, with Warsaw, Novo-Georgievsk and See also:Brest-Litovsk, forms the See also:Polish " See also:quadrilateral. IVANOVO-See also:VOZNESENSK, a town of See also:middle See also:Russia, in the government of See also:Vladimir, 86 m. by rail N. of the town of Vladimir. Pop. (1887) 22,000; (1900) 64,628. It consists of what were originally two villages—Ivanovo, dating from the 16th See also:century, and Voznesensk, of much more See also:recent date—See also:united into a town in 1861. Of best See also:note among the public buildings are the See also:cathedral, and the See also:church of the Intercession of the Virgin, formerly associated with an important monastery founded in 1579 and abandoned in 1754. One of the colleges of the town contains a public library. See also:Linen-See also:weaving was introduced in 1751, and in 1776 the manufacture of chintzes was brought from See also:Schlusselburg. The town has See also:cotton factories, See also:calico See also:print-See also:works, See also:iron-works and chemical works.

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