1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EKATERINOSLAV, a government of south Russia, having the governments of Poltava and Kharkov on the N., the territory of the Don Cossacks on the E., the Sea of Azov and Taurida on the S., and Kherson on the W. Area, 24,478 sq. m. Its surface is undulating steppe, sloping gently south and north, with a few hills reaching 1200 ft. in the N.E., where a slight swelling (the Don Hills) compels the Don to moke a great curve eastwards. Another chain of hills, to which the eastward bend of the Dnieper is due, rises in the we…
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