Menzelinsk

Menzelinsk, a town of eastern Russia, in the government of Ufa, 142 m. N.W. of the town of Ufa, and io m. from the left bank of the Kama. Pop. (1897), 754 2. Its fair is one of the most important in the southern Ural region for cattle, hides, furs, grain, tea, manufactured articles, crockery, &c., which are sold to the annual value of X500,000. The town was founded in 1584.