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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 769 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KHABAROVSK (known as KHABAROVKA until 1895)  , a
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town of
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Asiatic Russia, capital of the Amur region and of the Maritime Province . Pop . (1897), 14,932 . It was founded in 1858 and is situated on a high cliff on the right
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bank of the Amur, at its confluence with the Usuri, in 48° 28' N. and 135° 6' E . It is connected by
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rail with
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Vladivostok (48o m.), and is an important entrep8t for goods coming down the Usuri and its tributary the Sungacha, as well as a centre of trade, especially in sables . The town is built of wood, and has a large
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cathedral, a monument (1891) to Count Muraviev-Amurskiy, a cadet corps (new
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building 1904), a branch of the
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Russian
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Geographical Society, with museum, and a technical railway school .

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