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See also:EUPATORIA (Russ. Evpatoria; also known as See also:Kozlov and to the See also:Turks as Gezlev)
, a seaport of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Taurida, on the W. See also:coast of the See also:Crimea, 20 M
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N.W. of See also:Simferopol, on a sandy promontory on the See also:north of Kalamita See also:Bay, in 450 12' N. and 330 40' E
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Pop
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(1871) 8294; (1897) 17,915
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This number
1 L'Harrnonie universe/le (See also:Paris, 1636), livre v_ prop. iv. pp
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228-229.includes many See also:Jews, the Karaite See also:sect having here their See also:principal See also:synagogue
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Here too resides the spiritual See also:head (gakhan) of the sect
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Of its numerous ecclesiastical buildings three are of See also:interest —the synagogue of the Karaite Jews; one of the mosques, which has fourteen cupolas and is built (1552) after the See also:plan of St See also:Sophia in See also:Constantinople; and the See also:Greek See also:Catholic See also:cathedral (1898)
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The See also:port or rather roadstead has a sandy bottom, and is exposed to violent storms from the- N.E
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The See also:trade is principally in cereals, skins, cow-See also:hair, See also:felt, See also:tallow and See also:salt
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See also:Eupatoria has some repute as a See also:sea-bathing resort
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According to some authorities it was near this spot that a military See also:post, Eupatorium, was established in the 1st See also:century A.D. by See also:Diophantus, the See also:general of See also:Mithradates the See also:Great, See also: Towards the end of the 15th century the See also:Turks built the fortress of Gezleveh on the See also:present site, and it became the See also:capital of a khanate . It was occupied by the Russians under See also:Marshal Miinnich in 1736, and in 1771 by See also:Prince Dolgorukov . Its See also:annexation to Russia took See also:place in 1783 . In 1854 the Anglo-See also:French troops were landed in the neighbourhood of Eupatoria, and in See also:February 1855 the See also:town was occupied by the See also:Turkish forces . |
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