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| | PETROPAVLOVSK - LoveToKnow Article on PETROPAVLOVSK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | The town carries on an active trade in cattle, furs, tea, wool, skins, cottons, woollen stuffs, corn, metals, metallic wares and spirits. |
 | | The small fort of Petropavlovsk was founded in 1752, and was the military centre of the Ishim line of fortifications. |
 | | PET ROrAVLOVSK is also the name of a Russian seaport in Ramchatka, on the eastern shore uf the Bay of Avacha, in 53 N. and 158 44 E. Its harbour, one of the best on the Pacific, is little used, and tile town consists merely of a few huts with some 400 inhabitants. |
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