EKATERINOSLAV  , a

town of Russia, capital of the government of the same name, on the right bank of the Dnieper above the rapids, 673 M. by rail S.S.W. of Moscow, in 48° 21' N. and 35° 4' E., at an altitude of 210 ft . Pop . (1861) 18,881, without suburbs; (1900) 135,552 . If the suburb of Novyikoindak be included, the town extends for upwards of 4 M. along the river . The oldest part lies very low and is much exposed to floods . Contiguous to the towns on the N.W. is the royal village of Novyimaidani or the New Factories . The bishop's palace, mining academy, archaeological museum and library are the principal public buildings . The house now occupied by the Nobles Club was formerly inhabited by the author and statesman Potemkin . Ekaterinoslav is a rapidly growing city, with a number of technical schools, and is an important depot for timber floated down the Dnieper, and also for cereals . Its iron-works, flour-mills and agricultural machinery works give occupation to over 5000 persons . In fact since 1895 the city has become the centre of numerous Franco-Belgian industrial undertakings . In addition to the branches just mentioned, there are tobacco factories and breweries .

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trade is carried on in cattle, cereals, horses and wool, there being three annual fairs . On the site of the city there formerly stood the Polish castle of Koindak, built in 1635, and destroyed by the Cossacks . The existing city was founded by Potemkin in 1786, and in the following year Catherine II. laid the foundation-stone of the cathedral, though it was not actually built until 183o-1835 . On the south side of it is a bronze statue of the empress, put up in 1846 . Paul I. changed the name of the city to Novo-rossiysk, but the original name was restored in 1802 .