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Encyclopedia Britannica



MOZDOK

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 953 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MOS-NAN
MOZDOK , a town of
Russia
 , in
Caucasia
 , and in the province of
Terek
 , on the left
bank
  of the river
Terek
 , 605 ft. above sea-level, in 430 41' N. and 440 39' E., 5o M. N. of
Vladikavkaz
 . The
population
 , 876o in 1863, numbered 14,583 in 1897, and consisted of Kabardians, Chechens, Ossetes, Georgians and Armenians. Built in 1763 by the prince of
Kabardia
 , Mozdok soon became an important point in the
Russian
  advance towards the Caucasus, and was fortified. In 184o it was attacked by the Circassian patriot Shamyl and 5000 mountaineers. The melons and water-melons of Mozdok are widely famed; and
vine
 -growing and silkworm breeding prosper.


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