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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 788 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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URALSK  , a See also:

town of See also:Asiatic See also:Russia, the See also:capital of the See also:province of the same name, on the Ural See also:river, 165 m . W.S.W. of See also:Orenburg, and 270 M. by See also:rail E. of See also:Saratov . Pop . (1885) 26,055; (1901) 38,919 . It is rapidly developing owing to its See also:trade with the See also:nomad See also:Kirghiz in See also:cattle, See also:sheep and See also:animal See also:pro-ducts, all of which are exported to Russia; it is also a centre for trade in See also:grain . It has two cathedrals, founded, one in the 18th See also:century, the other in 1837; a small museum, a school See also:farm, a See also:people's See also:palace, See also:free See also:libraries, and branches of the See also:Russian See also:Geographical and the See also:Fisheries See also:Societies .

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