Lublin

Lublin, capital of a Polish government, stands on a sub-tributary of the Vistula, 96 miles by rail SE. of Warsaw. It was once a great commercial city, has a 13th century cathedral, and was plundered by the Mongols. There are manufactures of tobacco, beer, candles, soap, &c., and a large trade in corn and wool. Pop. (1871) 24,456; (1891) 53,137. Here was signed in 1569 the treaty of union between Lithuania and Poland.—The government has an area of 6497 sq. m. and a pop. (1891) of 1,059,959.