Vilno, or VILNA, capital of a government in the west of Russia, on the Vilia, 430 miles SW. of St Petersburg by rail, with a trade in timber and corn; pop. (1895) 109,570, mainly Poles, but with many Jews. The city was the chief town of the Lithuanians and the capital of their grand-duke. The government has an area (10,421 sq. m.) larger than Switzerland. Pop. 1,304,738.
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