Kherson, on the Dnieper, 19 m. from the sea and 60 m. E. of Odessa; capital of the Russian government of Kherson; has been surpassed in importance by Odessa; its trade is in timber, and industries are soap-making, brewing, and wool-cleansing.
Population (circa 1900) given as 62,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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