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Black Lands
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Lands in the heart of Russia, extending between the Carpathians and the Urals, constituting one-third of the soil, and consisting of a layer of black earth or vegetable mould, of from 3 to 20 ft. in thickness, and a chief source, from its exhaustless fertility, of the wealth of the country.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Black Lands'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/black-lands.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.