Rezan

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1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun.

Rezan, the Capital City of a Dukedom in Moscovy; which was heretofore a Sovereign Principality of great extent. It stands thirty six Miles from Mosco to the South-East, and twelve from the Fountains of the Tanais arising within this Dukedom. It is an Episcopal City. Olearius.