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KHABAROVSK (known as KHABAROVKA until 1895) , a See also: town of See also: Asiatic See also: Russia, capital of the Amur region and of the Maritime Province
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Pop
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(1897), 14,932
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It was founded in 1858 and is situated on a high cliff on the right See also: bank of the Amur, at its confluence with the Usuri, in 48° 28' N. and 135° 6' E
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It is connected by See also: rail with See also: 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 See also: trade, especially in sables
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The town is built of See also: wood, and has a large See also: cathedral, a monument (1891) to Count Muraviev-Amurskiy, a cadet corps (new See also: building 1904), a branch of the See also: Russian See also: Geographical Society, with museum, and a technical railway school
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