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monastery. It is now cliiefly engaged in the furniture business. Vereya, to the 

 south-west, which has scarcely yet entirely recovered from its destruction by the 

 French in 1812, has a speciality in the preparation of appliqué silver-ware. It 

 stands near the source of the Moskva, where was fought the battle of Borodino, or 

 of the " Moskova," one of the most sanguinary in modern times. 



Other Towns in the Oka Basin. 



After leaving Moscow the river flows south-east to the Oka, near the coramer- 

 cial town of Kolomna, and north of Zardhk, whose old fortifications, repaired by 



Fig. 208. — Site of the Battle of Bouodino, or the " Moskova." 

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Ivan the Terrible, are still standing. The main stream continues its winding 

 south-east course to and beyond Riazan, formerly capital of a principality, and 

 now of a government. Riazan was an old settlement of Little Russians from the 

 banks of the Dnieper. It has preserved its picturesque kreml, and does a 

 considerable trade, thanks to the navigable Oka and the Moscow-Saratov railway, 

 of which it is, next to Kozloi\ the chief intermediate station. A very busy place 

 is also Skojnni, lying south of Riazan in the midst of extensive corn-fields. But 

 the most industrious town in the province is Kashnov, formerly Gorndetz, situated 



