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LUBLIN
, a See also:town of See also:Russian See also:Poland, See also:capital of the See also:government of the same name, ro9 m. by See also:rail S.E. of See also:Warsaw, on a small tributary of the Wieprz
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Pop
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(1873) 28,900; (1897) 50,152
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It is the most important town of Poland after Warsaw and See also:Lodz, being one of the See also:chief centres of the manufacture of See also:thread-See also:yarn, See also:linen and hempen goods and woollen stuffs; there is also See also:trade in See also:grain and See also:cattle
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It has an old citadel, several palaces of See also:Polish nobles and many interesting churches, and is the See also:head-quarters of the XIV. See also:army See also:corps, and the see of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop
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The See also:cathedral See also:dates from the 16th See also:century
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Of the former fortifications nothing remains except the four See also:gates, one dating from 1342
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Lublin was in existence in the loth century, and has a See also:
1477)
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In 1568–1569 it was the seat of the stormy See also:convention at which the See also:union between Poland and Lithuania was decided
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In 1702 another convention was held in Lublin, in favour of See also:Augustus II. and against See also: |
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