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Encyclopedia Britannica



CHIMKENT

This article appears in Volume V06, Page 165 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CHA-CHR
CHIMKENT , a town of Asiatic Russia, in the province of Syr-darya, 7o m. by rail N.N.E. of
Tashkent
 . Pop. (1897) 10,756, mostly Sarts. It occupies a strategical position at the west end of the valley between the Alexander range and the Ala-tau (or Talas-tau), at the
meeting
  of commercial routes from (I) Vyernyi and
Siberia
  beyond, from the north-
east
 , (2) the
Aral
  Sea and Orenburg (connected with it by rail since 19o5) to the north-west, and (3) Ferghana and
Bokhara
  to the
south
 . The citadel, which was stormed by the Russians in 1864, stands on high ground above the town, but is now in ruins. Chimkent is visited by consumptive patients who wish to try the koumiss cure. It has
cotton
  mills and soap-works.


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