Perekop, ISTHMUS OF, in South Russia, connecting the peninsula of the Crimea (q.v.) with the mainland of European Russia. For the dimensions and course of the ship-canal through the isthmus (projected in 1888, but not begun in 1898), see CANAL, Vol. II. p. 701. In the north of the isthmus is the small town of Perekop; pop. 5000.
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