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Kamyshin
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a town of Russia, in the government of Saratov, 145 m. by river S.S.W. of the city of Saratov, on the right bank of the Volga. Pop. (1861), 8644; (1897), 1 5,934. Being the terminus of the railway to Tambov, Moscow and the Baltic ports, it is an important port for the export of cereals and salt from the Volga, and it imports timber and wooden wares. It is famous for its water-melons. Peter the Great built here a fort, which was known at first as Dmitrievsk, but acquired its present name in 1780.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Kamyshin'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/k/kamyshin.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Kamyshin'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/k/kamyshin.html. 1910.
