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RYBINSK, or RUIBINSK

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 949 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RYBINSK, or RUIBINSK , a See also:town of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Yaroslavl, 6o m. by See also:river N.W. of Yaroslavl. It is connected by See also:rail (186 m.) with Bologoye, on the See also:line between St See also:Petersburg and See also:Moscow. It derives its importance from its situation on the See also:Volga, opposite the mouth of the Sheksna, which connects the Volga with the regions around See also:Lake See also:Ladoga. Rybinsk has also an active See also:trade in agricultural products from the neighbouring districts. The permanent See also:population, which was 25,223 in 1897, is increased in the summer by nearly 1oo,000 workers from different parts of Russia.

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