ALEXANDRIA, a city of Russia, capital of the circle of that name in the province of Cherson. It is situated on the river Inguler, and contains 170 houses and 870 inhabitants. Great quantities of maize are grown in the neighbourhood; and the sheep are of the broad-tailed kind, like those of the Cape of Good Hope. Long. 33. 3. E. Lat. 48. 22. N.