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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 14 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OESEL (in Esthonian Kure-saare or Saare-ma)  , a
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Russian island in the Baltic, forming with
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Worms, Mohn and Runo, a
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district of the government of Livonia, and lying across the mouth of the Gulf of Riga, 1o6 m . N.N.W. of the city of Riga . It has a length of 45 m., and an
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area of
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Toro sq. m . The coasts are bold and steep, and, especially towards the north and west, form precipitous
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limestone cliffs . Like those of Shetland, the Oesel ponies are small, but prized for their spirit and endurance . The population, numbering 5o,566 in 187o and 6o,000 in 1900, is mainly
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Protestant in creed, and, with the exception of the German
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nobility, clergy and some of the townsfolk, Esthonian by
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race . The chief
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town, Arensburg, on the south coast, is a place of 4600 inhabitants, with summer sea-bathing, mud
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baths and a trade in grain, potatoes, whisky and fish . In 1227 Oesel was conquered by the Knights of the Sword, and was governed by its own bishops till 1561, when it passed into the hands of the Danes . By them it was surrendered to the Swedes by the peace of Bromsebro (1645), and, along with Livonia, it was
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united to Russia in 1721 .

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