EKATERINOSLAV. A government in South hounded by the governments of Pol tava and Kharkov on the north, the province of the Don Cossacks on the east, the Sea of Azov and the Government of Taurida on the south, and Kherson on the west (Slap: Russia, E 5). Its area is about 24,500 square miles. It forms an extensive steppe with sonic elevations along the rivers and almost without forests. It is watered chiefly by the Dnieper and the Donetz. The climate is moderate and the winters short. The average temperature varies from about 20° for the winter to nearly 72° for the summer. The soil is very rich in minerals, and the Government of Ekaterinoslav forms one of the chief mining centres of European Russia. There are vast de posits of coal, iron, zinc, and salt. Agriculture and stock-raising engage most of the inhabitants. There are raised large quantities of wheat. and also sonic southern fruits. The annual output of
coal exceeds 2.000.000 tons, of which a consider able part is mined by peasant associations. The chief manufacturing establishments are machine works, flour-mills, foundries, tobacco-factories, etc., and the total number of people employed ex ceeds 53.000. The government has a considerable trade in minerals, cereals, and lumber, and is well provided with railways. There is also consider able shipping on the Dnieper. Ekaterinoslav was created a government in 1802, and until 1887 comprised also the territory along the northeast ern end of the Sea of Azov, now included with the province of Don 'Cossacks. Population. in 1897, 2,112.000, composed mainly of Little Rus sians. but including also Great Russians. Greeks, Jws, Armenians, Rumanians, Poles, etc. Capi tal. Ekaterinoslav (q.v.).