Berezovsk

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Berezovsk, a village of east Russia, on the eastern slope of the Urals, 8 miles N.E. of Ekaterinburg. It is the centre of an important gold-mining region (5 m. by 21/2) of the same name. The mines have been known since 1747. The inhabitants also manufacture boots, cut stone and carry on cabinet-making.

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