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Skierniewice
12020-11-10T23:21:33+00:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f591detail from the Special Map of European Russia, list 1 (1915)plain2020-11-10T23:21:33+00:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-10-27T01:53:46+00:00Skierniewice9Baedeker locationplain2020-12-15T00:03:17+00:0051.95485, 20.15837A district town with a "fair" rail station restaurant, much like Alexandrovo.
Skierniewice offers the visitor the company of 11,500 people, an imperial chateau, and a fine park.
(I politely declined.)
(Also, I have developed a taste for the Special Map and its ability to communicate at least some sense of a place.)Distance from Alexandrovo: 149 versts (99 miles) Elevation: 405 ft.
