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Ekaterinoslav
Ekaterinoslav, a Russian town, capital of the government of the same name, on the right bank of the Dnieper, 250 miles N.E. of Odessa. It was founded in 1787 by Prince Potemkin as a summer residence for Catherine II.' It is the see of an archbishop, and has a cathedral and a library. The government contains 26,148 square miles.