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MARIUPOL , a seaport of See also:

Russia, on the See also:

north See also:

SHORE

shore of the See also:

Sea of See also:

Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius, in the See also:

government of See also:

EKATERINOSLAV

Ekaterinoslav, 67 m. W. of See also:

TAGANROG

Taganrog. Pop. (1900), 52,770, including the inhabitants of two suburbs, See also:

MARIINSK

Mariinsk and Kara-su. The See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place is said to have been inhabited in remote times under the name of Adamakha; the See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

TOWN

town was built only in 1779, by See also:

Greek emigrants from the See also:

CRIMEA (ancient Tauris or Tauric Chersonese, called by the Russians by the Tatar name Krym or Crim)

Crimea. Its inhabitants are engaged in See also:

agriculture, See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle-breeding, fishing, and the manufacture of See also:

leather, agricultural implements, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron goods and bricks. In export See also:

trade Mariupol ranks next to Taganrog among the ports of the Sea of Azov; but its See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is open to the See also:

south-See also:

east and shallow, though it is being gradually deepened by systematic dredging. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal articles of export are cereals, with some oilcake, phosphate and See also:

COAL

coal; but the See also:

TOTAL

total value is only about £2,000,00o annually. The imports do not reach a See also:

QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of a million See also:

sterling.

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