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VYAZMA

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 222 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VYAZMA  , a

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town of
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Russia, in the
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government of
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Smolensk, 109 m. by
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rail E.N.E. of the town of Smolensk . Pop . 15,676 . It was a populous
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place as
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early as the 11th
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century, and carried on a lively
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trade with
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Narva on the Gulf of
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Finland . In the 15th century it
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fell under the dominion of Lithuania, but was retaken by the Russians . The Poles took it again in 1611, and kept it till the
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peace of 1634 . It is now an important centre for trade . It has a
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cathedral, dating from 1596 .

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