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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 790 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ASTARA , a See also:

PORT

port of See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

TRANSCAUCASIA

Transcaucasia, See also:

GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

BAKU

Baku, on the See also:

CASPIAN

Caspian, in 38° 27' N. See also:

LAT

lat. and 48° 53' E. See also:

long., on the See also:

RIVER

river of the same name, which forms the frontier between See also:

PERSIA

Persia and See also:

Russia . Russian merchandize is landed there and forwarded to See also:

AZERBAIJAN (also spelt ADERBIJAN; the Azerbadegan of medieval writers, the Athro patakan and Atropatene of the ancients)

Azerbaijan and See also:

TABRIZ

Tabriz via See also:

ARDEBIL, or ARDABIL

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