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PEREJASLAV

Volume 17 · 57 words · 1860 Edition

or **PEREJASLAVL**, a town of European Russia, government of Poltava, at the confluence of the Alta and the Frubesh, 176 miles W.N.W. of Poltava. It is an ancient town, and is defended by an earthen wall and a dilapidated fortress. Brandy is made here, and some trade is carried on in corn and cattle. Pop. (1852) 10,848.