Syzran

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 38

Syzran, a town of Central Russia, a few miles from the right bank of the Volga, and 90 miles S. of Simbirsk. Laid out in 1685, it has tanneries and noted market-gardens, and a large trade in grain, timber, salt, and manufactured goods. Pop. 28,624.

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