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(zä´môstsy ) (KEY) , Rus. Zamostye, town (1993 pop. 63,500),Lubelskie prov., SE Poland, on the Labu k River. It is a commercial center, trading mainly in agricultural products. The town’s chief industries are meat processing and the manufacture of furniture and clothing. Zamo was founded in 1579 by a Polish chancellor, Jan Zamojski, who also established a college there. The town defended itself against a Cossack invasion in 1648 and against the Swedish king Charles X in 1656. The city passed to Austria in 1772 and to Russia in 1815; it reverted to Poland after World War I. |
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