Mariupol, or MARIAMPOL, the seaport for the south Russian coalfield, stands on the Sea of Azov, 65 miles W. of Taganrog. It was founded in 1779 by Greek emigrants from the Crimea, and exports coal, wheat, linseed, &c. to the annual value of £425,000. Fish-curing, soap-boiling, and tanning are carried on. Pop. 18,607.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 46
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