Eupatoria

Eupatoria (formerly Koslov), a thriving maritime town of Russia, in the government of Taurida, on a bay in the west of the Crimea, 40 miles N.W. of Simferopol. The principal building is the Tartar mosque, built in 1552. Eupatoria exports corn, hides, wool, and salt, and manufactures candles, soap, leather, and marine engines. Its harbour is shallow, and is sheltered only from the north and north-east winds. Pop. 13,416, consisting of Tartars, Karaite Jews, Armenians, and Greeks. The town was taken from the Tartars by the Russians in 1783, in September 1854 was occupied and fortified by a portion of the Anglo-French invading army, and in February 1855 was the scene of a Turkish defeat of the Russians.