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STANISLAU (Polish, Stanislawow)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 775 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STANISLAU (See also:Polish, Stanislawow) , a See also:town in See also:Galicia, See also:Austria; 87 m. S.E. of See also:Lemberg by See also:rail. Pop. (1900), 30,410, about See also:half See also:Jews. It possesses a beautiful See also:parish See also:church, which contains the tombs of the See also:Potocki See also:family. The See also:principal See also:industries include tanning, See also:dyeing, See also:tile-making, milling, the See also:production of yeast and there 1s a large See also:establishment for the manufacture of railway stock. Stanislau is an important railway junction, and has a considerable See also:trade, principally in agricultural produce. Stanislau was founded by Stanislav Potocki (d. 1683), and has been newly rebuilt since it was devastated by a See also:great See also:fire in 1868.

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