- AS`TRAKHAN
- (43), a Russian trading town on the Volga, 40 m. from its mouth in the Caspian Sea, of which it is the chief port.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
Gilgit — (Urdu: گلگت) is the capital city of the Northern Areas, Pakistan and a tehsil (headquarters) of Gilgit District. Its ancient name was Sargin which later on came to be known as Gilit and it is still called Gilit or Sargin Gilit by local people, in … Wikipedia