TROITSK
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TROITSK , a town of eastern Russia , in the government of Orenburg, situated in a fertile steppe, 315 M. N.E. of Orenburg, and 77 M. S. of Chelyabinsk, on the Siberian highway . Pop. (1885), 18,497; (1900), 23,293. It has grown rapidly in modern times. The Troitskiy fort, erected in 1743, became a centre for trade with the Kirghiz steppe and Turkestan , and in that trade Troitsk is now second only to Orenburg. Cotton , silk , and especially horses and cattle are imported, while leather , cotton ,woollen and metal wares are exported. An active trade in corn for the Ural gold mines is carried on. The place has ironworks and tanneries.
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