The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

RIAZAN-KASIMOV. 397monastery. It is now chiefly engaged in the furniture business. Vereya, to thesouth-west, which has scarcely yet entirely recovered from its destruction by theFrench in 1812, has a speciality in the preparation of applique silver-ware. Itstands near the source of the Moskva, where was fought the battle of Borodino, orof the " Moskova," one of the most sanguinary in modern times.Other Towns inthe Oka Basin.After leaving Moscow the river flows south-east to the Oka, near the commercialtown of Kolomna, and north of Zardisk, whose old fortifications, repaired byFig. 208.Site of the Battle of Borodino, or the " Moskova.'Scale 1 : 82,250.EofP.Ivan the Terrible, are still standing. The main stream continues its windingsouth-east course to and beyond Itiazan, formerly capital of a principality, andnow of a government. Itiazan was an old settlement of Little Russians from thebanks of the Dnieper. It has preserved its picturesque kreml, and does aconsiderable trade, thanks to the navigable Oka and the Moscow-Saratov railway,of which it is, next to Kozlov, the chief intermediate station. A very busy placeis also Skopini, lying south of Itiazan in the midst of extensive corn-fields. Butthe most industrious town in the province is Kasimov, formerly Gorodetz, situated