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MOZDOK

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 953 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOZDOK  , a

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town of
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Russia, in
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Caucasia, and in the
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province of
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Terek, on the
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left
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bank of the
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river Terek, 605 ft. above
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sea-level, in 430 41' N. and 440 39' E., 5o M . N. of
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Vladikavkaz . The
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population, 876o in 1863, numbered 14,583 in 1897, and consisted of Kabardians, Chechens, Ossetes, Georgians and Armenians . Built in 1763 by the
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prince of
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Kabardia, Mozdok soon became an important point in the
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Russian advance towards the
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Caucasus, and was fortified . In 184o it was attacked by the Circassian patriot
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Shamyl and 5000 mountaineers . The melons and
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water-melons of Mozdok are widely famed; and
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vine-growing and silkworm breeding prosper .

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