Bialystok, a town in the Russian government of Grodno, on the Biala, 55 miles W. by S. of Moscow by rail. Its castle is now used as a convent, but formerly belonged to the Counts of Braniski, and was called the 'Versailles of Poland.' More than thirty factories produce cloth and woollen stuffs. Pop. 56,611.
Bialystok
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