Morshansk, a town of Russia, 58 miles N. of Tamboff and 149 by rail W. by N. of Penza, has distilleries and an active trade in wheat, hemp-seed, and tallow. It was almost burned to the ground in 1874. Pop. 21,190.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 320
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