Novetcherkask

Novetcherkask, a town of southern Russia, capital of the province of the Cossacks of the Don, on the Aksai, a tributary of the Don, 40 miles from the Sea of Azov, a distance of 12 miles from its right bank, and about 70 miles ENE. of Taganrog. The central administration of the territory was transferred hither from Tcherkask in 1805; but the choice was not a happy one, the distance of the town from the Don, the great commercial artery, being much felt. Drinking-water has since 1867 been brought by an aqueduct 18 miles long. Pop. 37,091, who carry on agriculture, cattle-breeding, fishing, wine-growing, and the making of candles and bricks.