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Volume 17 · 85 words · 1842 Edition

a city of Russia, in the government of Vladimir, and the capital of a circle of its own name, is situated on the river Trubesch. It is an ancient place, the see of a bishop, whose diocese is very extensive. It contains 750 houses and seventy wooden booths, with 4880 inhabitants, who are manufacturers of cloth, of silk, and of linen, and have considerable trade with the Ukraine. It is 504 miles from St Petersburg. Long. 37. 32. 25. E. Lat. 55. 15. 30. N.