Petro-Alexandrovsk, the seat of administration of the Amû-Daria district, is little more than a fort, and is situated on the Lower Amû-Daria or Oxus (q.v.), 30 miles E. of Khiva.
Petro-Alexandrovsk
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 97
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