Pultowa

Pultowa, or POLTAVA, a town of Russia, situated on a tributary of the Dnieper, by rail 88 miles SW. of Kharkoff and 449 NE. of Odessa. It manufactures tobacco and leather, and has four annual fairs, the most important in July, when wool, horses, cattle, leather, hides, and coarse woollens and other stuffs are sold to the amount of £2,500,000 annually. Pop. 43,214. The town is a bishop's seat, and is famous as the scene of Charles XII.'s defeat by Peter the Great on 27th June 1709.