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STRYETENSK
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STRYETENSK, or SRyETENSx, a Cossack village of Asiatic Russia, in the province of Transbaikalia, 231 m. by rail E. of Chita, and a terminus of the Trans-Siberian railway. It is situated on both banks of the river Shilka, and its population of 85oo rises to over to,000 during the season of navigation. Stryetensk has steam flour-mills and soap works.