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KRASNOVODSK

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 924 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KRASNOVODSK  , a seaport of See also:

Russian Transcaspia, on the N. See also:shore of Balkhan or Krasnovodsk See also:Bay, on the S. See also:side of the See also:Caspian See also:Sea, opposite to See also:Baku, and at 69 ft. below sea-level . Pop . (1897), 6359 . It is defended by a fort . Here begins the Transcaspian railway to Mery and See also:Bokhara . There is a fishing See also:industry, and See also:salt and See also:sulphur are obtained . Krasnovodsk, which is the See also:capital of the Transcaspian See also:province, was founded in 1869 .

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