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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 953 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOZDOK , a See also:

town of See also:Russia, in See also:Caucasia, and in the See also:province of See also:Terek, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Terek, 605 ft. above See also:sea-level, in 430 41' N. and 440 39' E., 5o M. N. of See also:Vladikavkaz. The See also:population, 876o in 1863, numbered 14,583 in 1897, and consisted of Kabardians, Chechens, Ossetes, Georgians and Armenians. Built in 1763 by the See also:prince of See also:Kabardia, Mozdok soon became an important point in the See also:Russian advance towards the See also:Caucasus, and was fortified. In 184o it was attacked by the Circassian patriot See also:Shamyl and 5000 mountaineers. The melons and See also:water-melons of Mozdok are widely famed; and See also:vine-growing and silkworm breeding prosper.

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