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rate the overthrow of the Swedes. But Poltava is now chiefly notable for its 

 wool and horse fair, whose annual exchanges amount to upwards of £2,000,000. 

 Much of its trade is in the hands of the Jews, and some cloth w^orks have been 

 established by the Germans both here and at Konstantinograd, in the Orel valley. 



Near the site of the old Polish fortress of Koïdak stands the modern town of 

 TeMterinoslav, " Catherine's Glory," on the right bank of the Lower Dnieper, 

 above the great rapids, and close to the junction of the Samara. Its favourable 



Fig. 16] . — Poltava. 

 Scale 1 : 150,000. 



5 Miles. 



situation and the circumstance that it is the centre of the provincial administration 

 have raised it to a position of some importance during the present century. Below 

 the rapida Alexandrovsh, facing the famous island of Khortitza, is the starting- 

 point of the caravans which convey the cereals of the interior to the port of 

 Berdansk, on the Sea of Azov. Farther down Nikopol, on the right bank, marks 

 the extreme point to which the coasting vessels are able to ascend the Dnieper. 

 In the neighbourhood are Pokrovskoi/e and Kapuhi-ka, an old and a more recent 



