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ELABUGA
, a See also:town of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Vyatka, on the See also:Kama See also:river, 201 M. by steamboat down the See also:Volga from Kazan and then up the Kama
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It has See also:flour-See also:mills, and carries on a brisk See also:trade in exporting See also:corn
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The famous Ananiynskiy Mogilnik (See also:burial-See also:place) is on the right See also:bank of the Kama, 3 M. above the town
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It was discovered in 1858, was excavated by Alabin, Lerch and Nevostruyev, and has since supplied extremely valuable collections belonging to the See also: |
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During and after 2nd world war , at Elabuga were several P.O.W. camps for officers of Germany and its Allies captured by Soviet Red Army . Some of these offiers published books about their experiences in Elabuga and Tatarstan after returning home , for example the well-known author Otfried Preussler, Klaus Sasse ( photographer of the famous ( secretly taken ) pictures of Elabuga camps ) , Wigand Wuester , Pietro Alagiani , Adelbert Holl , Assi Hahn . Elabuga in 2005 had about 70.000 inhabitants . The famous Russian artist Ivan Shishkin was born here, and writer Marina Tsvetaeva put an end to her life 1941 .
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