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KARA See also:SEA , a portion of the See also:Arctic Ocean demarcated, and except on the See also:north-See also:west completely enclosed, by Novaya Zemlya, See also:Vaygach See also:Island and the Siberian See also:coast. It is approached from the west by three straits—Matochkin, between the two islands of Novaya Zemlya, and Kara and Yugor to the north and See also:south of Vaygach Island respectively. On the south-See also:east Kara See also:Bay penetrates deeply into the mainland, and to the west of this the See also:short Kara See also:river enters the sea. The sea is all shallow, the deepest parts lying off Vaygach Island and the See also:northern See also:part of Novaya Zemlya. It had See also:long the reputation of being almost constantly See also:ice-See also:bound, but after the See also:Norwegian See also:captain Johannesen had demonstrated its accessibility in 1869, and See also:Nordenskiold had crossed it to the mouth of the See also:Yenisei in 1875, it was considered by many to offer a possible See also:trade route between See also:European See also:Russia and the north of See also:Siberia. But the open See also:season is in any See also:case very short, and the western straits are sometimes icebound during the entire See also:year. KARASU-BAZAR, a See also:town of Russia, in the See also:Crimea and See also:government of See also:Taurida, in 45° 3' N. and 340 26' E., 25 M. E.N.E. of See also:Simferopol. Pop. (1897), 12,961, consisting of See also:Tatars, Armenians, Greeks, Qaraite See also:Jews, and about 200 so-called K.rymchaki, i.e. Jews who have adopted the Tatar See also:language and See also:dress, and who live chiefly by making See also:morocco See also:leather goods, knives, See also:embroidery and so forth. The site is See also:low, but the town is surrounded by hills, which afford See also:protection from the north See also:wind. The dirty streets full of See also:petty traders, the gloomy See also:bazaar with its multitude of tiny shops, the See also:market squares, the See also:blind alleys, the little See also:gates in the dead courtyard walls, all give the See also:place the See also:stamp of a Tatar or See also:Turkish town. Placed on the high road between Simferopol and See also:Kerch, and in the midst of a See also:country See also:rich in See also:corn See also:land, vineyards and gardens, Karasu-Bazar used to be a See also:chief seat of commercial activity in the Crimea; but it is gradually declining in importance, though still a considerable centre for the export of See also:fruit. The caves of Akkaya See also:close by give See also:evidence of See also:early occupation of the spot. When in 1736 See also:Khan Feta Ghirai was driven by the Russians from Bakhchi-sarai he settled at Karasu-Bazar, but next year the town was captured, plundered and burned by the Russians. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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