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PERNAU (in Russ. Pernov and in Esthonian Pernolin)  , a seaport and watering-See also:place of western See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Livonia, 155 m: N. of See also:Riga, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Pernau or Pernova, which about See also:half a mile farther down enters the See also:Bay of Pernau, the See also:northern See also:arm of the Gulf of Riga . Pop., 12,850 . The See also:harbour is usually See also:free from See also:ice from the end of See also:April to the See also:middle of See also:December . Founded on the right See also:side of the See also:river in 1255 by one of the bishops of See also:Oesel, Pernau soon became a flourishing place . In the 16th See also:century it was occupied in See also:succession by the Swedes, the Poles and the See also:Teutonic Knights . After 1599 the Poles transferred the See also:town to the left side of the river; and in 1642 the Swedes, who had been in See also:possession since 1617, strengthened it with See also:regular fortifications . In 1710 it was taken by the Russians, and the fortress is now demolished .

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