EREJA, a city of Russia, the capital of a circle of the same name, in the government of Moscow, 513 miles from Petersburg. It stands on the river Protwa, whose water can be used to fill the trenches that surround the walls. The town has considerable trade in corn, hemp, flax, honey, wax, tallow, and wool. It contains 760 houses, 6450 inhabitants, of whom 930 are registered as merchants.