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MOKSHANY

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 652 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOKSHANY , a See also:

town of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Penza, 24 M. N.W. of the See also:city of Penza. Pop. (1900), 10,710. The inhabitants are engaged in See also:agriculture, or See also:work in See also:flour-See also:mills, oilworks, tanneries and potash-See also:works. Mokshany, which was built in 1535 as a fort to protect the See also:country from the raids of the See also:Tatars and the Kalmucks, is supposed to occupy the site of the Meshcheryak town of Murunza; mentioned as See also:early as the 9th See also:century.

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